The 512KB Club is an exclusive list of web pages weighing less than 512 kilobytes.
Web bloat isn’t a knowledge problem | Christian Heilmann
There is a consensus among all browser makers and lovers of the web: the current state of the web is a mess. The average web page is 2.4 megabyte big and has over 200 requests.
A Web of Data
Thoughts on making a "Web of Data" instead of a "Web of Pages", and how that might let us take a step away from the dominance of large, complicated browsers.
Andreas Kling on Twitter / X
Approximate browser engine team sizes:- Chromium: 1000- WebKit: 100- Ladybird: 10I don't have a point to make, just fascinated by the massive difference in scale.— Andreas Kling (@awesomekling) January 9, 2025
mmm.page — Your Corner of the Internet
Websites don't have to be so cookie cutter. Make a website that feels uniquely you in under five minutes.
The web is Doom - mobiForge
In July 2015, inspired by something Mat Marquis said at TXJS 2015, I suggested that the average web page weight would equal that of the Doom install image in about 7 months time. In about 7 months average web page size will be same as Doom install image. Well done us! Onwards & upwards! pic.twitter.com/xtSAtZjPGl
The 49MB Web Page
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
Kagi Small Web | Kagi Blog
As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Kagi Small Web initiative. ----------------------- What is Kagi Small Web? ----------------------- To begin with, while there is no single definition, “small web” typically refers to the non-commercial part of the web, crafted by individuals to express themselves or share knowledge without seeking any financial gain.
Why Verizon wants to buy an ailing Yahoo in $4.8B deal
In a single stroke, Verizon would own the biggest website in the world.
Microformats – building blocks for data-rich web pages
A (very) belated follow up to Getting Started with Microformats 2, covering the basics of consuming and using microformats 2 data. Originally posted on waterpigs.co.uk.
Alex Cheema on Twitter / X
4 x M5 Max MacBooks clustered with RDMA:512GB @ 2456GB/s, $20k, 560W, quiet.Find me a better deal, that I can buy today. https://t.co/pWZsHnv0Kl— Alex Cheema (@alexocheema) May 13, 2026
You're Gonna Need A Bigger Browser
Browsers are hugely load-bearing in the Web's architecture, and yet they haven't changed very much in quite a while. If the Web is indeed for user agency, we should take a hard look at our user agents to see if they might not need improvement.
If you ever wanted to know how big the Bluesky/atproto network is (records only, no blobs/videos/etc), there is a new, super useful tool in town: -> jetstream.us-east.bsky.network/status?tab=segments ~ 1.7 TB compressed / 8 TB uncompressed
88x31s
A classic web badge
Fixing Illustrations on a Dark Background with CSS
88x31 Web Button Maker
eightyeightthirtyone
notnite
