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Presumably the 40mb of data is not from Wikipedia, but the Javascript tracking code bundle needed to turn it into a doomscrollable social media feed. ;) By thos
by rwl 8mo ago
Presumably the 40mb of data is not from Wikipedia, but the Javascript tracking code bundle needed to turn it into a doomscrollable social media feed. ;) By those standards, I think it’s pretty lightweight! For comparison, the Instagram iOS app is 468.9mb, more than ten times the size…
- repeekad 8mo agoNow imagine how big the builds are for Instagram's server side doomscrollable feed algorithm, given their inverse incentives to this project.
- isqueiros 8mo ago40mb is way too much for a JS bundle... Even with a framework you could do this with 5mb or less.
- embedding-shape 8mo ago> you could do this with 5mb or less How quick the times change... Back in my days, we put the limit on bundles being maximum 1MB, and it felt large even then.
- isqueiros 8mo agoDon't get me wrong. 5mb is a lot for this, yes. This app, coded with love and interest could easily be made under 1mb.
- rebane2001 8mo agoThis app IS made in under 1mb. The entire app, including all the assets minus all the actual Wikipedia data, is 21kB (no minification or compression). And all of it is in a single html file with human-readable code.
- rebane2001 8mo agoThe 40MB of data is Wikipedia data, the site itself is 21kB.