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We've invented abstractions that exceed our common ability to reason about their base building blocks. I think most websites should be just pure html, minimal i
by phist_mcgee 5y ago
We've invented abstractions that exceed our common ability to reason about their base building blocks. I think most websites should be just pure html, minimal inline styling so you don't get page flicker, and a small sprinkling of <script asyc/defer> to give you some async server functionality. That's it.
This is all possible, it's just that collectively, web developers have tried so hard to make their discipline as 'complex' as other software engineering domains, that we have destroyed our sense of efficiency, speed, and catering to the worst off end users.