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> I never understood math / latex display via client side js. Why can't this be precomputed into html and css? It can be. But like I mentioned earlier, my per
by susam 1y ago
> I never understood math / latex display via client side js. Why can't this be precomputed into html and css?
It can be. But like I mentioned earlier, my personal website is a hobby project I've been running since my university days. It's built with Common Lisp (CL), which is part of the fun for me. It's not just about the end result, but also about enjoying the process.
While precomputing HTML and CSS is definitely a viable approach, I've been reluctant to introduce Node or other tooling outside the CL ecosystem into this project. I wouldn't have hesitated to add this extra tooling on any other project, but here I do. I like to keep the stack simple here, since this website is not just a utility; it is also my small creative playground, and I want to enjoy whatever I do here.
- dfc 1y agoIs it safe to say the website is your passion project?
- whism 1y agoPerhaps you could stand up a small service on another host using headless chrome or similar to render, and fall back to client side if the service is down and you don’t already have the pre rendered result stored somewhere. I suggest this only because you mentioned not wanting to pollute your current server environment, and I enjoy seeing these kind of optimizations done :^)
- whatevaa 1y agoWhat you are suggesting is adding massive complexity.