A single 3D model accounted for 83.7% of my homepage's initial payload. It was a 7,833,440-byte GLB...
A single 3D model accounted for 83.7% of my homepage's initial payload.
It was a 7,833,440-byte GLB displayed in the hero of World Models Watch. The model looked good, but every mobile visitor downloaded it before deciding whether to interact with it.
Three mobile Lighthouse runs produced this baseline:
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