The author is a student, so I think we can give them a pass. Besides, the code gets compiled! It's hardly as if that if statement is contributing to bulking out the executable to 55MB.
UWP apps tend to be pretty big, especially when compared to Win32/whatever Explorer is written in. That has very little to do with the author and much to do with the framework.
It's a little dispiriting to see this as the top HN comment on a high schooler's project .
UWP apps tend to be pretty big, especially when compared to Win32/whatever Explorer is written in. That has very little to do with the author and much to do with the framework.
It's a little dispiriting to see this as the top HN comment on a high schooler's project .