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Business logic isn't going to be a large part of a programs size. Most space is used by static resources likes images, lookup-tables, and libraries for handling the former. People aren't cutting out features from their CLI programs to save a couple kilobytes.

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Caddy and Nginx are both examples of common tools that cut tons of useful modules to save kilobytes, both require recompiling to get that functionality.

Hum... They are (specifically, cutting speed), as evidenced by the OP's link.

Not that it matters with the low number involved.

I might be missing the point here, but larger binaries are not always slower.

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