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Every year the mobile market share grows (still) making mobile devices and their experiences even more important. Time lost can vary wildly. 1-10 KB seems like

by scarlac 10y ago

Every year the mobile market share grows (still) making mobile devices and their experiences even more important. Time lost can vary wildly. 1-10 KB seems like nothing but the collective effect makes a difference if you have enough users. But I think the real reason people are complaining about size is not the potential increase for each version but the trend. Increases will accumulate unless something is actively done. As such, I think the push-back is fine, although I'm personally okay with the size.

chadscira 10y ago
We also should remember that most react apps are single page apps, and usually this .js file is aggressively cached on a CDN. Most interactions are close to instant. Server-side rendering fixes the issue of time to first pixel. I think we don't really need to worry about a 10KB bump, especially considering how many websites are serving ads to mobile which are sending over MUCH MORE DATA. I have been traveling around to many 3rd world countries, and when I hit a website thats loading a little slow you know what I do? I wait for it to finish loading, or I refresh. One of the biggest things a site can do to improve speed is picking a good CDN (Cloudflare).