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What is the obsession with xKB? With tracking, analytics, monitoring and gazillion other scripts, I'd wager that an average webpage size is probably closer to 1

• szundi 4y ago
  When you can, you save, you’ll be faster. Also you are more willing to include more libs if they are all small, and more easily include new big ones when necessary without the soon need to rewrite your code as it became too big. Hosting is cheaper.
• markdown 4y ago
  > I'd wager that an average webpage size is probably closer to 1MB. And the average American is heavier than they should be. Doesn't make it ideal. Always endeavour to trim the fat. This is HN, and despite the likely predominance of US big-city devs here, I'd wager that most of them like money from rural dwellers just as well as they do the money of their fellow city-slickers.
  • swyx 4y ago
    also people are gonna load Amazon and Google no matter the size. if your shitty startup or ecommerce site takes >1s to load... not so much.
• laundermaf 4y ago
  Why do you reckon the average webpage size is closer to 1MB? Could it be perhaps because people do not obsess with xKB? It’s just 140kb extra, don’t worry about it. Repeat 5 times.
• Hendrikto 4y ago
  > What is the obsession with xKB? […] I'd wager that an average webpage size is probably closer to 1MB. This is the mindset that got us into this mess…
• maxloh 4y ago
  A bigger library not only cost more time to download, but also more time to parse and execute js code.
• toastercat 4y ago
  Not everyone has high speed internet. :(