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I would guess he was or is looking to defeat obfuscation of some bots (see his previous post https://antoinevastel.com/javascript/2019/08/31/sneakers-supreme-bo
by javajosh 7y ago
I would guess he was or is looking to defeat obfuscation of some bots (see his previous post https://antoinevastel.com/javascript/2019/08/31/sneakers-supreme-bots.html https://antoinevastel.com/javascript/2019/08/31/sneakers-sup...) and then got distracted/fascinated by the techniques the obfuscators used. I'd be generous and read the post in the satirical style of "10 ways you can screw up the web".
BTW I totally agree with the sentiment that obfuscation is bad - and I would include shipping bundles without sourcemaps. The web got popular because of transparency, and people learning from each other. (If you really have IP-expressed-in-code you want to protect, don't ship it to clients!)