Brotli
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ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Brotli is gzip's smarter cousin from Google. It compresses text files (HTML, CSS, JS) smaller than gzip, meaning pages load faster. Browsers send 'Accept-Encoding: br' to say they support it. Your CDN should serve Brotli automatically.
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