Client or management doesn't really give too stuffs about bloat or how optimised the page is for browsers, or load speed, as long as it looks pretty lol
This is another issue too, including SEO... Client hear about it and management nor designers and developers know what it is. It requires design and strategy too. Even SN does not have a sitemap or robot files (concerning!). Maybe are obsolete solutions, and it's using other strategies to be indexed?
Not that concerning, I'll even argue that it's not concerning at all :P
Sitemaps allow webmasters to index more paths of their website to try to be more relevant but: the most important path that search engines have to index about SN is /items, and they do a pretty good job at it.
Robots.txt instead does the opposite. It allows webmasters to hide paths from indexing, but there isn't a single path that we would wanna hide, so it would be an empty file.
These files are optional, needed in websites that uses some kind of CMS that has weird, intricate paths, exposes configuration files, and so on — we don't do that here.
tldr: don't worry about it! SN is already well indexed ^^
But I welcome any discussion on it since I can also be wrong
As an engineer, I like Figma because it provides a nice platform to review designs and add feedback (though I often get lost in it due to its infinitely large canvas and how there feels like there's absolutely no organization whatsoever).
However, every time I've tried to create anything in it, I am quickly confused and overwhelmed.
I don't mind designers who don't touch code - in fact I prefer it. So long as they are receptive to feedback on their designs.
I think they are separate things, writing code go deeper into the engineering and architecture of the solid base supporting the interface, but both need to connect and interact seamlessly. I always like the Real estate metaphor, the constant troubles between architects and civil engineers, like in fashion and any other craft, reaching the balance between aesthetics and functionality that serve a specific need.
/items, and they do a pretty good job at it.clihas infinite canvas too. Limits are only in our minds!