Great post on the bandwidth, hardware and energy needed for modern web apps:
"Rot Economy" and Software Bloat is Increasing the Digital Divide
"However, there are a lot of hidden costs to this seemingly free online document editor now. This site had to load ~25 MB of data over a network connection consisting of ~250 requests in which my browser is now consuming ~2 GB RAM in order for me to type black text characters onto a white screen."
#DigitalDivide #Computing
https://blainsmith.com/articles/rot-economy-software-bloat-digital-divide/
5/30/2025, 2 engagements