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ASK PG : Reason for not using gzipping on Hacker News content?
just noticed that Hacker News content is not gzipped on my chrome browser, while it accepts gzip'd content. I want to know the reason that would help me in general.
- frankwiles 14y agoI'd guess oversight or it being seemingly unnecessary due to having enough hardware/bandwidth available to them. Adding far future Expires headers and ETags would also help the perceived user download/render time. Neither are HUGE deals mind you, but easy to do for a bit of extra snappiness.