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I’ve been programming for 15 years now...There are no additional features. They are not faster or more optimized. They don’t look different. They just...grow?

I've been programming for over 40 years. OP's take is a classic underestimate of how many features new versions of software have added.

My first computers in order had:

64k of RAM

128k of RAM

640k of RAM

Those first two booted up literally instantly as they copied firmware into RAM. That last one booted up in about 10 seconds from an unbelievably slow C: drive.

What did all three have in common? Did not even have basic networking built-in. Yes, systems are bloated today but they do so much more than the systems you're comparing them to. Yes, they could re-write them from scratch to remove this bloat but we knew for 8 years before OP started coding that is not the right answer either.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...