Inspired by perfnow.nl, I've dusted off drafts of my network and device situation analysis. Good news/bad news: devices and networks are improving, but web page payloads are swelling.
The result is predictable: the web is usable for the wealthy, but less so for everyone else. This is an ethical crisis for frontend:
https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/
Alex Russell
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2025-11-24 19:31:40 UTC
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