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WebP: The WebPage Compression Format
I want to provide a smooth experience to my site visitors, so I work on accessibility and ensure it works without JavaScript enabled. I care about page load time because some pages contain large illustrations, so I minify my HTML. But one thing makes turning my blog light as a feather a pain in the ass.
Even if compressing files in-flight is slow, GitHub could still allow repo owners to upload pre-compressed data and use that. Like a good developer, the first thing I do upon finding a problem is search for a solution on Google. brotli-dec-wasm turned up after a quick search, providing a 200 KB Brotli decompressor in WASM.
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