Quoting from [algernon’s recent rant about ai scrapers](https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/you-probably-shouldnt-block-ai-bots-from-your-website/):

> If you serve static content, unless you pre-compress it, you’d pay a huge compression tax.

Ikiwiki could probably easily manage compressing content in advance if it turned out to be worthwhile. — *[[Jon]], 2025-11-26*
