Yes, good times! With http2/3 they don't really matter anymore though, you get s...

chrisweekly · 2026-04-08T20:46:32 1775681192

Spriting is actually harmful for performance except in specific HTTP-1 scenarios.

staticautomatic · 2026-04-09T01:57:18 1775699838

Doesn't McMaster Carr still use sprites? Is that like the one optimization they managed to get wrong?

flomo · 2026-04-09T05:34:07 1775712847

Looks like it, but isn't this site famous for being a "classic" storefront?

Some CMSs would auto-generate sprites. If you are showing most of them, it's still a positive, I'd assume. And, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.