Cut Gzip to level 1 from 6: same size, fraction of CPU, +5-12% perf
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-10-20
Developer Lucas Meijer shares a concrete optimization from his AI-agent-driven rewrite: for small responses, drop Gzip from level 6 to level 1 — nearly identical output size, a fraction of the CPU cost, and +5-12% faster message posting. He calls the changes unglamorous, just lots of "get the clowns out of the car" cleanups, but the numbers make it a reusable trick for anyone tuning web performance.
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