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		sph on Dec 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Breaking up with JavaScript front ends Memory leaks, like bugs, tend to scale linearly with code size. You better believe your 100k line framework has more leaks than my 1000 line script.

afavour on Dec 11, 2022 [–]

Strong disagree. Frameworks are almost always going to be better profiled, better tested and have more eyes than any home crafted code. The number of lines isn’t really that relevant.

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