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Bloat refers to quantitative apects like increased cpu/ram/storage requirements. Article discusses qualitative aspects a la "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
by RetroTechie 28d ago
Bloat refers to quantitative apects like increased cpu/ram/storage requirements.
Article discusses qualitative aspects a la "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
- andai 28d agoInteresting. By this definition, a poorly chosen algorithm is also "bloat", which doesn't seem right to me. I see bloat mostly as "unnecessary dependencies." Things which, if you removed them, the product would improve. e.g. importing a whole library for what could have been a simple function. If something justifies its "weight", then it's not bloat. It's functional. But there's also "feature bloat." If a feature or change doesn't need to exist, or makes things worse, then it's bloat. If you removed it, the project would improve.