[dredmorbius]

The pages are considerably optimised, including dithering images: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html

[edsonmedina]

You call 283kb optimized?

In the late 90s (when websites looked exactly like that) 100kb would be considered excessive.

[dredmorbius]

Relative to current standards, yes.

What is a typical page weight today, inclusive of all external references (images, JS, CSS)?