Bloat

Your Apps Are Bloated. 1980s Hackers Knew Better.

In the 1980s, underground demoscene coders built mind-bending interfaces in 64 kilobytes. Today, our apps demand gigabytes of RAM just to render a text box. The demoscene’s UI innovations weren’t just technical miracles—they were a cultural resistance against software bloat. Constraint is the only true driver of elegance.