Hacker News Reader

> for 99% of developers out there, a difference in 300kb is just completely irrelevant.

If this is true, which I hope it's not, then I feel very sorry for anyone who doesn't live in a major first-world c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ city and wants to enjoy the internet.

View on HN

I feel like this is just a very short-sighted view of the JavaScript ecosystem. A huge amount of JavaScript applications aren't used internationally, aren't used on mobile, or simply aren't websites. I've worked on multiple projects that are served locally from a pre-downloaded package (for example a Kiosk UI).

> A huge amount of JavaScript applications aren't used internationally, aren't used on mobile, or simply aren't websites.

This is the exception, not the rule. I find it hard to believe at 99/100 JavaScript programmers are not working mobile or web applications, where 300KB matters, even if you do some sort of content hashing.

True, but in your OP you said 99%. Far more than 1% of javascript developers are working on websites and all of those people should be thinking twice before adding 300kb to their bundle size.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com