GZip all requests

[gidsg]

This is something we see as a big win whenever it is implemented e.g. https://github.com/guardian/workflow/pull/445 might be worth writing it down a recommendation.

[philwills]

@phamann is currently in the process of getting a group together to produce some client-side recommendations. I'm not sure whether this would fit better with those, or one of the existing files, but I agree it's a sensible general pattern.

[theefer]

+1, not formally a "client-side" thing though, since that's something you have to configure on the server.

[philwills]

Probably should have one on web-serving in general including setting sensible cache headers etc.

Anyone want to volunteer? 😺

[mchv]

Damn 2 years ago since this, we need to give it some love! We can reference as well how to do this with play, and do the same with security headers (need to mention the choice between doing it in the edge with CDN rules)