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   Neil Craig (tdp_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 00:41:24 JST Neil Craig

   My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on "lite" versions of their news articles (other page types to follow).
   They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS.
   Page sizes drop significantly:
   * Transferred: ~600KB -> 30KB
   * Total: 1.65MB -> 135KB
   Just append `.lite` on a URL e.g. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/crgyyvdz1dro.lite
   There's no on/off UX at the moment but they're working on that too.
   #WebDev #WebPerf #WebPerformance #BBC