Designing Calm Technology - Computer Repair Blog

by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown Xerox PARCDecember 21, 1995 Introduction Bits flowing through the wires of a computer network are ordinarily invisible. But a radically new tool shows those bits through motion, sound, and even touch. It communicates both light and heavy network traffic. Its output is so beautifully integrated with human information […]

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Ah, the eternal quest to cure #JavaScript of its obesity! 🤡 In today's episode, we learn from a self-proclaimed “open-source guy” that the real issue is *gasp* #dependency #bloat. 🎉 Next week: discovering water is wet!
https://43081j.com/2026/03/three-pillars-of-javascript-bloat #OpenSource #Development #TechHumor #Programming #HackerNews #ngated
The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat

A brief look at the three main causes of bloat in our JavaScript dependency trees, and how we can start to address them.

The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat

A brief look at the three main causes of bloat in our JavaScript dependency trees, and how we can start to address them.

The 49 MB NYT homepage load is larger than the compressed size of all Windows 95 installation floppies.

https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit

#Bloat #AdTech #Tracking

The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

🚨 Breaking news: the New York Times has transformed into a digital landfill, offering a 49MB buffet of #distractions for your #bandwidth delight 🍽️. For those who crave a workout in futility, there's nothing like attempting to load this bloated behemoth just to read four headlines 📉.
https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit #digitallandfill #bloat #NewYorkTimes #newsheadlines #HackerNews #ngated
The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

@pluralistic thus I coined the term "#TechLiteracy" (or lack thereof as "#TechIlliteracy").

Thus I see it as both moral and social duty to spread "Tech-Literacy" among society because decades of #illiteracy in #tech are now paying dividends and #Cyberfascists actively work on sabotaging and destroying #HumanRights and #CivilRights under #FalsePretenses lile "#YouthProtection" (see "#AgeVerification")…

Adobe Reader Is LITERALLY Hitler.

YouTube

The modern web, in a single screenshot 🤦‍♂️

#WebShites #bloat

"🚀 Ah yes, the elusive wisdom of second-class values! 🌟 But first, a thrilling adventure awaits: enable #JavaScript and cookies, because who needs content when you can have the privilege of modern #web bloat? 🕵️‍♂️✨"
https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3759427.3760373 #Bloat #ModernWeb #ThrillingAdventure #SecondClassValues #HackerNews #ngated
@jglypt the #bloat is just as intentional as #SlowDowns and #AntiRepairDesign!
Estoy maravillado por el concepto y funcionalidad de #Holos como #software del fediverso, te hace ver que #mastodon es puro #bloat ineficiente (desde siempre)