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> Show me the crazy-fast link-click-predicting website that does this and loads faster than, say, HackerNews. https://hn.svelte.dev/ https://hn.svelte.dev/ is
by rich_harris 6y ago
> Show me the crazy-fast link-click-predicting website that does this and loads faster than, say, HackerNews.
https://hn.svelte.dev/ https://hn.svelte.dev/ is a Sapper implementation of Hacker News. It uses the preload-on-hover/touch technique described in the article. In my experience it does indeed feel faster than Hacker News, despite basically being something I threw together one weekend
- krapp 6y agoWow. It loaded the 1000+ comment Ask HN thread "What's your quarantine side project?" in less than a second for me. I've seen HN itself choke on smaller threads.
- rich_harris 6y agoUpdate: since posting this it looks like the site is being hugged to death — might need to upgrade something in GCP :) Either that or it's a coincidental problem with https://api.hnpwa.com/v0/ https://api.hnpwa.com/v0/
- robertoandred 6y agoNooo!! You're going against the JS BAD narrative! Stop that right now!
- the_gastropod 6y agoCredit where credit is due: this is excellent work! Very impressed.