I'm a bit less of a dinosaur, but the setup package for my product is still under 3MB. The package carries both 32- and 64-bit versions and the installer itself

I'm a bit less of a dinosaur, but the setup package for my product is still under 3MB. The package carries both 32- and 64-bit versions and the installer itself is 250KB, no dependencies outside of stock Windows supply. This is for an enterprise-grade file backup program with a reasonably long list of features. That is, you can still write small and light software. It takes the same amount of time as it always did, not much changed. The troubling part is that the proliferation of bloated software is steadily establishing a new status quo - the software is now _expected_ to be big and heavy in order to be proper. Doubly so for the enterprise-y software. Bloat is becoming a sign of maturity and robustness.