Don't Duplicate Response Compression

DanielLockyer · x · 2026-07-11

Reminder: Compression isn't free. Before applying compression at the application response layer, be sure to measure the costs across the entire pipeline.

If your system already has an upstream load balancer or proxy handling compression, do not duplicate the process in the application response; otherwise, you may incur unnecessary CPU and latency overhead.

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