> does anyone have a good example of a large website built without all this bloat?

How about this one?

Don’t think it counts

Why not?

I'm assuming they're asking for large in terms of complexity, not in terms of popularity.

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Levitz 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because this site is only "large" in the context of userbase. It could be developed by a single guy in what, a week? Two tops?

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		With LLM? More like within Day(s).