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Tell HN: Not everyone has internet as fast as yours

2•jedberg•1h ago
I'm currently traveling and relying on free wifi hotspots and 3G cellular. It's shocking to me how many apps are completely unusable on slow internet.

Back in the day, our test suites always included a "slow client internet" test to identify issues where there were too many round trips or unnecessarily large payloads.

What happened to that?

(ps. Props to OpenAI, Codex still works on slow internet. Claude won't even load its interface)

Comments

FabHK•1h ago
Indeed. Particularly when traveling, I often look for just several bytes of information (an address, when the ferry leaves, etc.), yet the websites contain several megabytes. Frustrating & slow.
jedberg•54m ago
Google Maps is interesting because it has offline mode, but doesn't seem to use its stored data when you're online. It will try to download map tiles it should already have.

You have to go offline to get the faster experience!

Ask HN: Did you try Nordstjernen Web Browser 1.0.19 yet?

1•roschdal•19s ago•0 comments

MLB restricts using dugout iPads for AI-assisted in-game strategy

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1•HardwareLust•3m ago•0 comments

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/linus-torvalds-to-critics-of-ai-coding-in-linux-fork-it-or-jus...
3•baal80spam•3m ago•0 comments

Google Earth Pro for desktop will no longer be available to download soon

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1•asoberbeck•4m ago•0 comments

Chemical Onshoring of All Kinds

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/chemical-onshoring-all-kinds
1•EA-3167•5m ago•0 comments

CollpaseOS: Program microcontrollers through civilizational collapse

https://collapseos.org/
1•Gecko4072•5m ago•0 comments

Apple Passed Nvidia to Become Most Valuable Company Again

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/17/apple-passed-nvidia-most-valuable-company/
1•tosh•8m ago•0 comments

Talking Postgres: Working on Postgres After 13 Years on SQL Server

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2•clairegiordano•9m ago•0 comments

Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment

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2•zdw•10m ago•0 comments

How to Make a Triode Yourself

https://simplifier.neocities.org/triode2
1•Gecko4072•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Argument duello game with your friend – AI judge decides who's right

https://wram.chat
1•revolt2tech•11m ago•0 comments

Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/tech-note-making-your-own-v-i-plots
1•zdw•13m ago•0 comments

Pre-Authentication RCE in WordPress Core

https://wp2shell.com/
2•patrikg•15m ago•0 comments

When you give a Nix Developer in charge of a website

https://twitter.com/Malix_Labs/status/2077521369663742252
2•eveeifyeve•19m ago•0 comments

We Built Sandbox Infrastructure for Autonomous Agents

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2•AdityaBilawar•19m ago•0 comments

T-Mobile's billing-system migration made free lines billable

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2•logickkk1•20m ago•0 comments

Cabure: Small Gitops Operator

https://github.com/GreedyKomodoDragon/cabure
1•greedykomodo•20m ago•0 comments

Automated job application system, sponsored by the American Mathematical Society

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Free tool to download Reddit data from community dumps

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GonzoCapital – The Inside VC Stories

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2•robmay•23m ago•0 comments

There's no evidence that mobile phones will give you brain cancer

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3•billybuckwheat•25m ago•0 comments

About the OpenSubsonic API

https://opensubsonic.netlify.app/
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Tinfoil.com

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Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists'

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7•chaps•30m ago•1 comments

What I learned inside escape room with one of the most brilliant mathematicians

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Show HN: Fluent, tiny lang for reactivity and autograd

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2•mlajtos•32m ago•0 comments

Astronomers spot first atmosphere around a potentially habitable alien world

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1•gmays•33m ago•1 comments

Stripe and Advent make $53B bid for PayPal

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1•PhilipA•35m ago•1 comments

Flock Safety had a car journalist stalked, wrongly accused, and detained

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12•monksy•35m ago•0 comments

Smoke, fire, floods: US faces triple extreme summer weather threats

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1•montalbano•36m ago•0 comments