A developer manifesto advocating for small, focused software. The author highlights that 18 of their 21 apps fit within 1.44 MB — the capacity of a floppy disk — and argues that software bloat is not progress. They use the floppy disk as a philosophical measuring stick, emphasizing that constraints breed creativity and that every byte should matter.

2m read timeFrom fitsonafloppy.com
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A Manifesto for Small SoftwareWhy It MattersHow It’s MeasuredThe Point

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