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		jazzypants on Oct 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Should JavaScript be split into two languages? You're joking, right? A 2mb bundle is absolutely unacceptable. People complain about React which is less than 100kb minified and gzipped. This website doesn't even include any images or anything...

peutetre on Oct 28, 2024 [–]

It's clearly not. Real world applications exist today. Here's one:

https://earth.google.com/

prisenco on Oct 29, 2024 | [–]

2mb for Google Earth might be fine, but Google Earth is not your typical web app.

A 2mb base floor before any code or assets is not acceptable for most use cases.

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