just merged this PR from @mrousavy.com to improve android s…

Samuel

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just merged this PR from @mrousavy.com to improve android startup times - in my testing, I saw ~4% speedup, but Marc has seen upwards of 12% in other apps. awesome stuff! github.com/bluesky-soci...

Make Android app start faster by disabling JS bundle compression by mrousavy · Pull Request #7751 · bluesky-social/social-app

Disables compression for the .bundle resource files in the .apk. This makes the .apk a bit bigger, but improves startup time on Android - we measured a 400ms startup improvement (12%) in one of our...

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Marc 🦇17 Feb 2025

We even saw a 20% improvement in the Expensify app! Thanks for merging my PR to Bluesky :)

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Samuel 17 Feb 2025

woah huge! kinda wanna test it on a low-end android now :)

Aaron Hollar 20 Feb 2025

Shoulda bought an iPhone and not had to worry about weak processors and subpar ram

alexanderriccio.bsky.social 20 Feb 2025

*shakes fist in native developer*

catmatman.bsky.social 20 Feb 2025

E wa a was ee wa ee8

Tom Sherman 17 Feb 2025

Does this also make OTA updates larger?

Tom Sherman 17 Feb 2025

Maybe gzip/br will regain most of the benefits of compression over the network? Assuming your OTA updates system has that?

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Samuel 17 Feb 2025

I don't think it will change OTAs at all. it's just the bundle on disk not being compressed

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Tom Sherman 17 Feb 2025

Oooooo I see

✨ Alice 🌺17 Feb 2025

Is it already out for Bluesky or is it coming in future updates?

Samuel 17 Feb 2025

future updates, I merged it 5 minutes ago lmao