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Base64 Encoding

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This link appeared in WDRL 170 on 17.02.2017.

Base64 Encoding

Harry Roberts explains why you shouldn’t use base64 in CSS, and shares why base64 and gzip don’t work well together. He also dives deeper into performance differences to help you figure out the best solution.