Vercel’s Next.js v14 has shipped and (as one does) I had a look at the JavaScript footprint of the production build of Hello World:
v14 (2023): 299 kB
v13 (2022): 272 kB
v12 (2021): 228 kB
Unfortunately the same trend continues, even with a new bundler: the bundles are growing!
(and with Tailwind included by default, too)
@zachleat Don’t frameworks usually get smaller as more efficient ways of doing things are discovered?
@SamStrong usually? Probably not. This one has some historical flavor https://www.zachleat.com/web/react-criticism/#september-2021