On slow train WiFi, using an AI agent beats opening a bloated browser

DanielLockyer · x · 2026-09-24

Developer Daniel Lockyer found on a long-distance train with slow WiFi that letting an AI agent search the web was literally faster than a browser, since modern sites ship hundreds of MB of JS just to render a login page — agents sidestep bloated frontends by fetching content directly.

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