Despite faster broadband every year, web pages don't load any faster
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#3Despite faster computers every year, my computers don't seem to run any faster, either
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#41kb.club would like a word.
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#5Ironically this page loaded for me in about 500ms on my 1GB fiber connection.
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#6Despite faster computers every year, my computers don't seem to run any faster, either
“What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away.”
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#7My broadband speed hasn't changed since I moved into my house 9 years ago. Just saying.
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#8Idk about fast, but a broken back button is kind of a problem.
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#9This website loads an exceptional amount of data for what it is, at least for me. On my browser it makes calls to a site called streamlitapp.com every 100 ms. It appears to be using about 100MB of bandwidth every 10 seconds from what I can see
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#10We can wish that crappy websites didn’t get more bloated every year, but as long as they still load fast enough most people don’t know the difference or care. Everything has an opportunity cost, so once things are good enough the resources that could be spent optimizing will be spent elsewhere instead, and bloat that can be added to solve other business goals will be added.
It’s understandable to get frustrated by this, but at some point you realize it’s pointless.
This is true in many, many facets of life. Household possessions tend to expand to fill the available square footage. Cities sprawl haphazardly until commute times become unbearable. Irrigation expands until the rivers are depleted. Life expands to the limit, always.