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"The web got faster" [citation needed] Sure the network has gotten faster, but with the few exceptions like Craigslist and this site, in general "the web" has
by bigiain 2y ago
"The web got faster" [citation needed]
Sure the network has gotten faster, but with the few exceptions like Craigslist and this site, in general "the web" has gotten way way slower in real terms, at least as I see it. These days megabytes of javascript (or webassembly) seems to be required just to display pages with a kilobyte of two of actual text content...
- zztop44 2y agoBrowsing one of those bloated monstrosities on a nice new MacBook with a 2gbps connection is still a lot faster and nicer than Craigslist on old Celeron at 56k.
- bdcravens 2y agoI should have clarified that I mean the backend infrastructure is much faster; I'm not talking about the client's experience (since rarely do end clients interact with message queues)