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Performance: Compression and Asset Optimization in Node.js
Updated May 4, 2026
Short answer
Use Gzip/Brotli compression for JSON responses and offload static asset serving to a CDN or Nginx.
Deep explanation
Node.js is mediocre at CPU-heavy tasks like compression. A senior approach uses Nginx as a reverse proxy for compression. Brotli offers better compression for web content than Gzip.
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