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On the one hand, site like https://dev.to/ https://dev.to/ that are built in Rails and rival the speed and performance of any _static site_ support the argument
by subpixel 8y ago
On the one hand, site like https://dev.to/ https://dev.to/ that are built in Rails and rival the speed and performance of any _static site_ support the argument that you can just use the tools you know.
On the other hand, to get your Rails site to function that well takes a lot of work - it is by no means the starting point.
Systems like Next.js and Gatsby.js and others are attractive in that A) they offer the ability to use both server-rendered and client-rendered React, and B) exceptional performance is the starting point. It's up to you to slow it down, not speed it up.
- greenhatman 8y agoI think dev.to is an SPA. But not built with a framework.
- subpixel 8y agoIt's not, it's just very...dialed-in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afy7H04X9Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afy7H04X9Us
- tpetry 8y agoIt‘s a traditional server side rendered application. But they use a custom implementation like turbolinks and instantclick to change the sites content without a full reload.