
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Every year I spend a reasonable fraction of my time documenting the state of devices and networks. Why? To document what I *hope* will be a turning of the corner; a crossing of the lines...the moment when CPU and networks get so much more generous than what web developers are taxing users with that an incremental KB of JS is *usually* something that can provide value, not a consistent detriment.
https://infrequently.org/series/performance-inequality/
Spoiler: the lines have not crossed.