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When you save this page it doesn't save every resource downloaded. The correct way to measure is to use the devtools and load the page with cache disabled (to mimic a first load), then check the total content transferred. I get 1.8MB with uBlock origin on, and 2.3MB without. I imagine that the author either got a particularly bad set of ads, or NPR wasn't compressing some large asset at the time.

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I suspect you might have missed the central thesis of the OP's article. He appears to be a Polish bloke with a command of English that is frankly rather good and runs a successful web business based around bookmark saving. His thesis is that many sites are a bit fat and slow.

The OP knows about irony. It is a bit like steely but with less carbon. If you are a web dev or dev ops then why not comment on the article rather than playing with toys.

Cheers Jon

Not sure I understand your comment--I was replying to gwu78's comment, interpreting their comment as a criticism of Maciej's (aka idlewords, the author of the linked talk) measurement of the size of the NPR page as not reflective of a realistic page load. Their subsequent comment makes it clear that they have a very non-standard browser and are criticizing the standard browsers, so I guess my comment is irrelevant.

> If you are a web dev or dev ops then why not comment on the article rather than playing with toys.

Not sure what you mean here, or whether I'm supposed to be offended. I don't think I play with toys--I host my own site, carefully keep each page under 100kB total, and am working on a framework to make it easier for others to do so.

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