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Honestly, a lot of bloat is coming from WordPress, which is a platform that encourages bad development practices. I had this client with content WordPress webs
by airnomad 7y ago
Honestly, a lot of bloat is coming from WordPress, which is a platform that encourages bad development practices.
I had this client with content WordPress website, 50-so plugins and regular blog post would have 1 MB JavaScript.
It's crazy. WordPress is epic mess and at the same time one of the most fascinating software platforms.
I don't even know what to compare it with.
- saagarjha 7y agoSome of the slowest sites I go to are news websites, and that's not because they're on WordPress.
- Drew_ 7y agoThey're probably on their own proprietary CMS that's probably just as bad or worse than WordPress.
- chickenfries 7y agoThere’s a good chance some of them are. Or Drupal, which is very similar.
- slouch 7y agoWordPress is also a platform that encourages bad takes like this. If I have 50-so plugins that provide me only with tools in the dashboard, logged-out users won't be impacted by any of the fifty. Compare it to any consumer operating system. It puts a lot of power into the user's hands.