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Why indeed (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In terms of programming, absolutely some bloat there.

But I would wager a majority (or plurality) would actually be high(er) res media assets, embedded animations and video etc.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It's the ads.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’d wager it’s the multilevel dependency of countless prebuilt components when devs are only going to use a small fraction of their capabilities.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I don't get paid to optimize, I get paid to implement features.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only sector where that is applicable is games.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Tell that to my banking apps!