https://pawelurbanek.com/rails-gzip-brotli-compression

HTTP content compression has a significant impact on the client-side performance of a web app. In this blog post, I’ll describe different methods for compressing dynamic and static content in Ruby on Rails apps using Gzip and Brotli algorithms.

We’ll start by describing what exactly is a content compression, measure what’s the overhead compared to potential gains. We’ll also learn how to check if assets are correctly compressed using popular networking tools.