Napkin Problem 15: Increase HTTP Performance by Fitting In the Initial TCP Slow Start Window

· Simon Eskildsen · July 13, 2021, midnight
Summary
Did you know that if your site's under ~12kb the first page will load significantly faster? Servers only send a few packets (typically 10) in the initial round-trip while TCP is warming up (referred to as TCP slow start). After sending the first...
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