Minify Now, Debug Later? Why We Built Compression Stats Into Our Minifier
Minification is one of those steps everyone does but rarely measures. You run it, the file gets smaller, you move on. But "smaller" isn't the same as "worth it" -- sometimes a minifier barely touches a file that was already tight, and sometimes it cuts size in half by stripping dead comments and whitespace nobody needed.
That's why our minifier shows the original size, the minified size, the percentage saved, and the compression ratio, every time. It's a small thing, but seeing the number turns minification from a reflexive step into an informed decision -- and makes it obvious when a file is bloated for reasons worth investigating, not just formatting.
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