points by vanderZwan 4 days ago | 0 comments
I think we should blame the elders for teaching people new to the trade wrong.
Because "heavyweight SPA for a static blog" isn't exactly a rare problem.
[–] austin-cheney 4 days ago
My super large SPA loads in 150ms on localhost. Yes, if it were just a static blog I might get it down to about 60ms.
The problem isn’t the size of the code. It’s the unnecessary framework complexity. Suggesting this to a corporate JavaScript developer, though, is like throwing acid on your own face as they whine about how impossible it is to do their jobs.
[–] graemep 4 days ago
> My super large SPA loads in 150ms on localhost.
Which is great if people only use it from localhost.
[–] austin-cheney 4 days ago
Across a network it’s still only 300ms.
[–] graemep 3 days ago
Which means the difference between your APS and a static website is "loads reasonably fast" vs "loads instantly".
[–] austin-cheney 3 days ago
Sure, but that misses the point. My big SPA is faster without React and likely faster than a blog that appears to be static text generated from React. Yes, it would be much faster if it were just a few paragraphs of static text, but then it would not display any of the content that it is supposed to display, such as an a remote command shell interface or resource utilization graphs.
[–] graemep 3 days ago
That is reasonable but not clear to me.
The point being made further up the thread was that people are using SPAs for static text.
[–] dbbk 4 days ago
It wasn't the elders, it was Vercel itself which has a vested interest
[–] vjvjvjvjghv 4 days ago