Capital de TokensSoftware Bloat: 25KB vs. 200MB — The Engineer Who Challenged Modern Code
Watch on YouTube Can a functional text editor weigh just 25 kilobytes? Dave Plummer, creator of the Windows Task Manager, proved it with TinyRetroPad. In this episode, we analyze what this says about software bloat, Electron, and the invisible tradeoffs of modern development.
Can a functional text editor weigh just 25 kilobytes? Dave Plummer, creator of the Windows Task Manager, proved it with TinyRetroPad. In this episode, we analyze what this says about software bloat, Electron, and the invisible tradeoffs of modern development.
This isn’t technical nostalgia: it’s an uncomfortable question about software efficiency, economic incentives, and carbon footprint. Why do we accept 200MB applications to do the same thing a 25KB program used to do?
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