An ongoing joke I have with some of my dev friends is that we argue and debate over payload sizes and when we're done, we put our headphones on and start streaming Spotify at 320 kbps. Haha.
Fair points. However, comparatively, the size of jQuery is relatively small or on par with other libs. jQuery core is 31.3 KB compressed. Meanwhile, Notion, AirTable and other modern apps have JS payloads of over 7 MB, and they don't have a shortage of users. Depends on the target users.
I'd say that the size alone of the libs shouldn't be the only measurement. We should consider the added benefits of that payload throughout the system to justify its size.
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An ongoing joke I have with some of my dev friends is that we argue and debate over payload sizes and when we're done, we put our headphones on and start streaming Spotify at 320 kbps. Haha.
Fair points. However, comparatively, the size of jQuery is relatively small or on par with other libs. jQuery core is 31.3 KB compressed. Meanwhile, Notion, AirTable and other modern apps have JS payloads of over 7 MB, and they don't have a shortage of users. Depends on the target users.
I'd say that the size alone of the libs shouldn't be the only measurement. We should consider the added benefits of that payload throughout the system to justify its size.