A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page
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HN comment orderAnother optimization in the same vein: make sure the first KB contains the <meta charset> element, to avoid false-starts in the HTML parser. In fact, it's actually specified as an _error_ in the spec to have it come after 1KB! It's mentioned in passing on the Lighthouse docs for the charset audit[1], but here's a great breakdown by hsivonen[2]. Of course, in the headers is even better. Point is, try not to have too much cruft before the charset. [1]…
I just checked my home page [1] and it has a compressed transfer size of 7.0 kB. / 2.7 kB main.css 2.5 kB favicon.png 1.8 kB ------------------- Total 7.0 kB Not bad, I think! I generate the blog listing on the home page (as well as the rest of my website) with my own static site generator, written in Common Lisp [2]. On a limited number of mathematical posts [3], I use KaTeX with client-side rendering. On such pages, KaTeX…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2022-08-25 | A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb pageFirst breakout · Best thread | DitheringIdiot | 933 | 343 |
| 2024-08-16 | Why your website should be under 14kB in size | franze | 19 | 7 |
| 2025-01-30 | Why your website should be under 14kB in size (2022) | krykp | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-02-10 | Why your website should be under 14kB in size (2022) | WhyNotHugo | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-07-19 | A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page (2022)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | truxs | 504 | 311 |