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This feels like a false equivalence; how many of those 2000s users were browsing the web on mobile compared to today?

• dageshi 5y ago
  Does 30kb of js really matter on modern phones and modern mobile internet?
  • recursive 5y ago
    If "modern" means fast, then no. If "modern" means what people are using in 2021, then possibly.
  • AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    This kind of thinking is why software continues to get slower and slower despite incredible advances in hardware.
    • ducharmdev 5y ago
      Bingo. 30kb doesn't seem like much, but its easy to think it doesn't matter when viewing one dependency in isolation. But if you say "it's just x kb" to all dependencies, then you have a problem when they're all aggregated. This is why I appreciate Svelte's take: with a compiler-heavy approach, you can have a great dev experience without saddling your users with extra dependencies.
  • jhgb 5y ago
    Since many people seem to be religious today about which "packer" is the best and that using one in the first place is a necessity, the answer is apparently "yes".