I agree with you if you mean to say that it introduces complexity and server side load if you run it on a per-request basis. Considering the time it takes to mi

I agree with you if you mean to say that it introduces complexity and server side load if you run it on a per-request basis. Considering the time it takes to minify, this obviously isn't the use case that the developers had in mind. Most likely it is meant to run as part of a build system of a mostly static website, and not on the server itself.