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I don't see how you can put ads, trackers and node tooling in the same basket. Also the node tooling is helping to contain the frontend bloat.
by zaro 7y ago
I don't see how you can put ads, trackers and node tooling in the same basket. Also the node tooling is helping to contain the frontend bloat.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoSimple: ads, trackers and proliferation of node.js all ultimately contribute to increased amount of unnecessary JS I have to download when visiting a page. Node and surrounding ecosystem (Babel, Webpack, etc.) are subject to Jevons paradox[0] - by making it easier to deal with bloat, they allowed and encouraged vast increase of it. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox