Presumably the 40mb of data is not from Wikipedia, but the Javascript tracking code bundle needed to turn it into a doomscrollable social media feed. ;) By those standards, I think it’s pretty lightweight! For comparison, the Instagram iOS app is 468.9mb, more than ten times the size…

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isqueiros 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

40mb is way too much for a JS bundle... Even with a framework you could do this with 5mb or less.

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embedding-shape 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

> you could do this with 5mb or less

How quick the times change... Back in my days, we put the limit on bundles being maximum 1MB, and it felt large even then.

	▲	isqueiros 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Don't get me wrong. 5mb is a lot for this, yes. This app, coded with love and interest could easily be made under 1mb.

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repeekad 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Now imagine how big the builds are for Instagram's server side doomscrollable feed algorithm, given their inverse incentives to this project.