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Re:Asset minification with Elm (2018) by carapace on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:10PM (#20812733)
> I don't want to downplay Elm's accomplishments here

Then refrain, eh?

How is 71% size reduction not a meaningful difference? You don't pay for bandwidth?

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Re:Asset minification with Elm (2018) by bastawhiz on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:29PM (#20823686)
Because it's a pointless benchmark. Comparing percentages for an artificial app that's small enough to reasonably print out at 12pt text doesn't show anything meaningful. Seventy kilobytes, even on a bad device on a slow connection is hardly noticeable. Show me real meaningful data.
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