Yes, a site can be too spare but that's far less prevalent among sites than behemoths that load so slowly. Question is can a site be attractive and yet be "ligh

Yes, a site can be too spare but that's far less prevalent among sites than behemoths that load so slowly. Question is can a site be attractive and yet be "lightweight" in terms of performance and resource usage? It's educational to use a tool like Lighthouse and point it at supposed "good" or "bad" sites. I've done this a number of times. Amazing (well, maybe not) how poorly most sites score. To be sure some of the lightweight sites performed pretty well, but in general sites are a long way from optimal. I know how much effort it takes to make sites that are interesting and performant. I've worked hard on my own sites to reach that high level so I know it can be done. As so often is the case it's more a matter of what one decides to leave out rather than including just one more cool thing.