a 380 word post titled "app sizes are out of control" is 987kB, 2600B/word; loads 119 things across 17 connections http://www.webpagetest.org/result/170802_ZV_FPX/ …pic.twitter.com/JkyIX7ajDC
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Again IMO, it's more excusable on the app side since you pay the cost in the background. Still bad, but not as bad as on the web!
Well, many mobile developers pull in big libraries to save few lines of code, so I can accept this excuse either.
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