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by rsanheim 339 days ago
Absolutely insane. Some silly comparisons to what software has changed the world at less than 50MB:

- VisiCalc: ~27KB - i.e. the first killer app, and probably still the most successful. I wonder what DAUs on excel & google sheets compared to tiktok and insta are like...would be interesting to see.

- Wolfenstein 3D (1992): ~2MB - invented the FPS genre

- DOOM (1993): ~2.5MB (shareware), ~12MB (full)

- Quake (shareware) ~8.7 MB

- Quake (full) ~15-25 MB (excludes the CD audio)

- nginx: ~2-5MB - powers ~35% of all websites

- bash: ~1MB

- git (*nix only): ~3mb

- gcc + toolchain (ie ld, cc1, etc) ~40-45 mb

- FFmpeg: ~30-40MB

- curl: ~3MB

- OpenSSL: ~5MB

- windows 95: 50-55MB depending on features installed

- google.com circa 1998 - 10-15kb

- google.com today (anonymous session, ublock disabled) ~700kb

edit: my kingdom for markdown

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- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: 32 MB