My separation of document/non-document was not about javascript, it was about the type of functionality the site offers. I would call a site like https://danlu

My separation of document/non-document was not about javascript, it was about the type of functionality the site offers. I would call a site like https://danluu.com/ https://danluu.com/ document focused, while hacker news is focused on being a platform for conversation and a ranked news feed. If you were to download danluu.com and brouwse it locally you wouldn't miss much, while if you where to do the same for hacker news you would only get one part of the offered experience. Javascript enables this difference to grow to much greater extents but it is not necessary to me.