# The Website Obesity Crisis


- Date: 04-Jan-2016
- Author: Prateek Rungta
- Link: http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm
- Tags: Web Development, Performance
- URL: https://miranj.in/blog/2016/website-obesity-crisis


Hear, hear! [Maciej Cegłowski][id] (of [Pinboard][] fame) on the bloat prevalent in contemporary web design (even for text-based content). Hardware and networks seem to be getting faster and cheaper, while websites appear to be getting slower, heavier, and more expensive to access.

[pinboard]:http://pinboard.in/
[id]:http://idlewords.com/about.htm

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