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48MB of this is JavaScript, which is abomination.


Presumably you're getting the whole Slack app, and if you're landing on their 404 page (for reasons other than this thread), then presumably you're using Slack. Which means you would have downloaded and cached that already.

There's a discussion to be had as to whether the Slack app should be 48mb, but that's a different discussion. Focusing on the 404 page feels like outrage bait for web devs.


Jesus. Is there a hidden bitcoin miner or a Linux VM in there somewhere?


Nah, just a whole JS framework compiled, a bunch of tracking and instrumentation.

On the upside, thing does cache, and LocalCDN handles most of it.




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