Show threadRafael Pérez 🌱Mar 24

@knoppix95 They should reread the calm technology "manifesto".

https://www.karlstechnology.com/blog/designing-calm-technology/

#ai #bloat #calmtechnology

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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N-gated Hacker NewsMar 22
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.

Hacker NewsMar 22

The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat

https://43081j.com/2026/03/three-pillars-of-javascript-bloat

#HackerNews #JavaScript #Bloat #JavaScript #Development #Web #Development #Programming #Best #Practices #Software #Engineering

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.

Michael NordmeyerMar 16

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.

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 15
🚨 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.

Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 11

@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.

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R.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 11

The modern web, in a single screenshot 🤦‍♂️

#WebShites #bloat

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 9
"🚀 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
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 21
@jglypt the #bloat is just as intentional as #SlowDowns and #AntiRepairDesign!
Flan 🍮Feb 18
Estoy maravillado por el concepto y funcionalidad de #Holos como #software del fediverso, te hace ver que #mastodon es puro #bloat ineficiente (desde siempre)