Idan Gazit

Tonsky's exploration of JS size for many webapps was entertaining https://tonsky.me/blog/js-bloat/

On a lark I wanted to see what my favorite mastodon UI, @elk, does

500k for a fantastically polished PWA. "Twitter, the good parts". Did not disappoint.

Claps for @patak &co.

JavaScript Bloat in 2024

What is the average size of JavaScript code downloaded per website? Fuck around and find out!

tonsky.me
Feb 24, 2024 at 8:02amWeb
Show threadArnaud Limbourg Feb 24, 2024
@idan entertaining and scary! That is so much js with unclear value
Show threadnrkFeb 24, 2024
@idan @elk @patak now it would be great if someone wrote a similar article about memory/RAM consumption of modern websites.
google.com for example have 50mb+ heap size on average, youtube's landing page have like 100mb and the same for pornhub is just 10-12mb (someone actually cares about its user's low end devices)