Ethan MarcotteMar 28, 2024
You’d think “it’s easier for many phones to render PUBG than modern websites” would be an industry-wide wake-up call, but. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/modern-web-bloat-means-some-entry-level-phones-cant-run-simple-web-pages-and-load-times-are-high-for-pcs-some-sites-run-worse-than-pubg
Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG

Danluu benchmarks numerous websites and discusses their impact on older and/or weaker hardware

Tom's Hardware
Show threadFoolishOwlMar 28, 2024

@beep I've been wrestling with the idea of setting up a personal website, mostly as an exercise in setting up a workflow with git and MkDocs and so on. And the more I'd try to imagine doing it, the less enthusiasm I have for it.

And right now I'm thinking, what's the point of trying to do it "professionally", when the "professional" model is just obviously extremely bad?

Show threadCSDUMMIMar 28, 2024

@foolishowl @beep don't be discouraged. The reason it's called bloat is because it is unnecessary for the site to function.

If you want a site that looks professional, it shouldn't and doesn't have to contain bloat.

Show threadJawaka
@csdummi @foolishowl @beep You could easily argue that if a site is bloated then it is the opposite of professional.
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