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computers aren't becoming that faster though. And it s not like new affordances are being added to pages , it's mostly aesthetics and ... trendiness that is dri

computers aren't becoming that faster though. And it s not like new affordances are being added to pages , it's mostly aesthetics and ... trendiness that is driving the crazy monstrosity that is most pages today. Doesn't it have to do more with current software development practices? The requirement for reusable code , and the practice of coders having no loyalty and switching companies every very few years leads to the adoption of anti-optimizing standard practices. If Carmack was making doom today he would be ridiculed for not bundling his functional code and looked down upon for reinventing math functions. The idea that speed doesnt matter is just too prevalent

Sebb767 6y ago
> And it s not like new affordances are being added to pages , it's mostly aesthetics I agree on the point of websites getting slower, but not on that it doesn't add value. Website nowadays replace a lot of what would've been desktop applications ten years ago (see Dropbox, Slack, Google Docs, ...). It's not perfect, of course, - a lot of data now lies on PCs owned by somebody else - but skipping the installation/deinstallation part easily while also knowing that the app only has limited access to my PC is absolutely awesome.