Webdevs: "native apps don't care about bundle size, why should we?" Nintendo: "we keep the Switch launcher under 200kb"
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Replying to @_developit
Is that meant to be impressive? That's just their start screen? Controlling the entire runtime, OS etc gives them a lot of flexibility.
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Replying to @sebmck @_developit
This tweet is missing so much context that it seems deliberately aggravating. Similar rhetoric has always came from Chrome DevRel and it doesn't resonate as well as you think.
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Replying to @sebmck
Wasn't meant to be aggravating, and looking at the tweet it seems more tone-deaf in hindsight. I was just musing that I hadn't heard of native app developers using a size budget strategy until coming across this.
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Replying to @_developit @sebmck
FWIW I don't think it's fair to classify any tweet from me as being representative of the views of Chrome or Chrome DevRel. I believe that I should be able to casually tweet about web stuff without representing some higher level views, just as you do.
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Replying to @_developit @sebmck
To your original question, I actually think it's extremely impressive, since the 200kb number is the total resource size of the homescreen, not just code. It's probably more impressive from a minimalist design standpoint than engineering? Either way I just thought it interesting.
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I think it's interesting too! And was unable to find technical specifics other than a slide in Japanese. I think the original comparison was unnecessarily distracting from your broader point.
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Replying to @sebmck
Agreed, I had it in draft and probably should have second-guessed the comparison. It's more interesting when framed as a similarity than a contrast anyway
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