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0 pointspapruapap3y ago0 comments

I dont think you have checked Blazor runtime libraries size. Last time I tried, it downloaded 5MB wasm files to the client in a simple hello-world screen.

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jeroenhd3y ago· 1 in thread

Personally, I don't think Blazor is really finished, I wouldn't use it in production. It's more of an example of what can be.

Ultimately, I don't think 5MB blobs are all that bad for web applications that need the enormous complexity these libraries provide. Classic Django/Symphony/Spring Boot with some CSS animations and Javascript glue can work perfectly for the smaller apps. For things that aren't applications, you shouldn't need any framework at all, websites can/should just be static files to make everyone's lives easier.

KronisLV3y ago

> Ultimately, I don't think 5MB blobs are all that bad for web applications that need the enormous complexity these libraries provide.

The cases where this makes sense are probably internal enterprise applications or advanced tools.

For everyone else, there is this: https://whatdoesmysitecost.com/#gniCost (or at least it was a curious reference, before the pricing figures seemed to kind of break in other tabs; though this might as well be considered, not just site load times, or battery life implications)

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