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by airnomad 2390 days ago
Honestly, a lot of bloat is coming from WordPress, which is a platform that encourages bad development practices.

I had this client with content WordPress website, 50-so plugins and regular blog post would have 1 MB JavaScript.

It's crazy. WordPress is epic mess and at the same time one of the most fascinating software platforms.

I don't even know what to compare it with.
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saagarjha 2390 days ago
Some of the slowest sites I go to are news websites, and that's not because they're on WordPress.
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chickenfries 2390 days ago
There’s a good chance some of them are. Or Drupal, which is very similar.
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Drew_ 2390 days ago
They're probably on their own proprietary CMS that's probably just as bad or worse than WordPress.
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slouch 2390 days ago
WordPress is also a platform that encourages bad takes like this. If I have 50-so plugins that provide me only with tools in the dashboard, logged-out users won't be impacted by any of the fifty.

Compare it to any consumer operating system. It puts a lot of power into the user's hands.

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