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In this case a few lines of CSS and a few lines of JavaScript would have delivered the exact same result, including all necessary responsiveness. We have gotten so far away from bare bones, non-jquery based development that this kind of heft has become the standard starting point for all projects. It certainly isn't my style, but then I didn't go to Stanford and don't work for a unicorn, so perhaps I am the unenlightened one.

That said, I don't think it's necessary to criticize a satirical project like this on technical grounds. The idea is great; the developer probably just used his boilerplate frameworks that are usually used for much more complex projects in order to save time.