55 MiB Hello World

i just tried to build a node executable myself and console.log("hello world"); is... 55Mib nice 4096 Apr 18 14:13 . 4096 Apr 18 13:36 .. 55688048 Apr 18 14:13 hello_world 49 Apr 18 13:43 index.js 4096 Apr 18 13:38 node_modules 291 Apr 18 14:13 package.json 51269 Apr 18 13:38 package-lock.json

The meme shows a tweet about building a standalone Node.js executable that only prints “hello world,” followed by a terminal listing showing the resulting file is 55 MiB. The joke is that a trivial program becomes absurdly large because it includes the Node.js runtime and dependencies, poking fun at JavaScript and Node.js bloat. It is used as a reaction to excessive software size, dependency overhead, or unexpectedly bloated builds.

• @gentoomemes / 3997 2023-04-18