modern web is bloated

-A 2GB node_modules folder.

I felt this one in my soul. Hard to conceptualize what all is happening in that tar pit of software bundles..

It’s why I really appreciate Hugo and jekyll before it. Just simple static site generators.

_{Quote Citation: briancrabtree, “25 years in web dev and I’m starting to hate the “Modern Web.” : r/webdevelopment”, 2025-12-31, https://www.reddit.com/r/webdevelopment/comments/1q04jqa/25_years_in_web_dev_and_im_starting_to_hate_the/}