Uhm, it must be, or more people would do it
YouTube serves hundreds of MB payloads to serve information. Even a bloated SPA is tiny in comparison.
Although, I think YouTube is also an SPA.
Some websites serve hundred MB payloads to show a hero video.
Why is JS optimization the great evil when there is often so much more waste in media or design choices?
Personally, I don't appreciate verbosity while reading blog or news articles.
However, I don't think its bullshit. If a author is sharing, they likely are doing so in a manner that they find enjoyable.
The way I see it, you don't need to read communications like this if you don't enjoy it. Much of what gets said repeats what has been said elsewhere.
- Such e-mails are in many ways similar to a comment thread like this -> my reply is a valid example of my point.
- I wrote the comment the way I actually think about this topic. Would it be better if expanded to full-blown prose?
- Alas, this doesn't fly at work (and rarely on Internet).
