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1MB in size feels like an attempt to define “performant” without considering... performance. A speed test from an “average” connection that also measures first paint etc. would be much more meaningful: not all megabytes are equal.

I love the idea, just needs a better measurement.

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I think that's a little unfair tbh; there are plenty of places that already do that, but don't take account of the memory footprints on the clients machine etc.

I do agree that 1MB is arbitrary, but it's the right kind of arbitrary IMHO.

Pretty easy to write a one line js loop that makes the page slow as shit.

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