Re:Why your website should be under 14kB in size
by hnlmorg on Saturday July 19, 2025 @06:36AM
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It matters at web scale though.
Like how industrial manufacturing are the biggest carbon consumers and compared to them, I’m just a drop in the ocean. But that doesn’t mean I don’t also have a responsibility to recycle because culminate effect of everyone like me recycling quickly becomes massive.
Similarly, if every web host did their bit with static content, you’d still see a big reduction at a global scale.
And you’re right it shouldn’t the end of the story. However that doesn’t mean it’s a wasted effort / irrelevant optimisation
Like how industrial manufacturing are the biggest carbon consumers and compared to them, I’m just a drop in the ocean. But that doesn’t mean I don’t also have a responsibility to recycle because culminate effect of everyone like me recycling quickly becomes massive.
Similarly, if every web host did their bit with static content, you’d still see a big reduction at a global scale.
And you’re right it shouldn’t the end of the story. However that doesn’t mean it’s a wasted effort / irrelevant optimisation