gzips down to 8kb though, and that's the standalone version. Using it with component it will usually share dependencies with other components.

Sorry, I can confirm it is 8kb gzipped, and it is acceptable. I may seemed over reacting to this because I am a developer who spent last month optimizing web pages by reducing js size :)

But don't apologize too much, because now you have "a thing": efficient js. You can make a lot of well-deserved money with a thing like that, so long as you cultivate your mastery of it over time.