Why I’m Striving to Join the 512KB Club

The modern internet is bloated. Websites that should be simple pages now come loaded with AI-powered features, tracking scripts, massive JavaScript frameworks, and endless client-side requests. Pages that ought to load instantly often crawl under the weight.

That’s one of the reasons I’ve built this site to be fast, simple and deliberately lightweight. It’s where I’ll be writing about practical cyber security, technology and the things I’m learning along the way.

I’m actively working to keep things lean no unnecessary bloat, no nonsense and my current goal is to qualify for the 512KB Club, a showcase of performance focused sites where the total uncompressed resources stay under 512 kilobytes.

(There are even tougher tiers: green team under 100KB and orange under 250KB.)

It’s not just about speed for speed’s sake. Smaller sites mean:

• Faster loads for everyone (especially on slower connections)
• Lower energy and bandwidth usage
• Better accessibility

I’ll update this post if/when staniforth.org.uk makes the list. In the meantime, check out the club for inspiration, it’s full of great examples of what’s possible when we prioritise efficiency.