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> While they might be slow and use a lot of memory, they're usually shipped with basic functionality and more functions can be added and removed at any time. I

• emsy 11y ago
  The question I ask is: could it be built more lightweight? While there is certainly room for improvement, I really don't think you can have an editor that can be extended by most web developers with much less resources. You could write your own backend engines for js/html but now your using/wasting manpower instead of machine power. The same goes for Vim or Ubuntu: what could you cut to easily make it slimmer without hurting their purpose? Not much imo.On the other hand, the examples I stated have certainly many parts you could outsource to extensions or cut alltogether. To me, bloat means stuff that doesn't serve the software's purpose, and I still don't think the examples in the article have much of that.