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Damn it's nice reading a simple static site like this. Links open instantly to the next fully laid out page of content. If only the rest of the web could be lik

Damn it's nice reading a simple static site like this. Links open instantly to the next fully laid out page of content. If only the rest of the web could be like this..

INTPenis 1y ago
Agreed but where is the actual git repo? I see a text saying this "contents get updated automatically on every commit to this git repository" but where is "this git repository"? I can't find a link to the source anywhere.
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  After a quick google: https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained (using a search engine is faster than asking for a link on HN)
  - Zambyte 1y ago
    I found it on HN faster than I could have with a search engine because they asked :)
- rchard2scout 1y ago
  The introduction has a "help out" section which links to the github repo: https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained
- dobladov 1y ago
  https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained
madeofpalk 1y ago
Worth nothing, that react application (using React Server Components?)! If you have javascript enabled, it renders as a single page app, fetching each additional page via an API. If you disable JS, it renders it all on the server.
- tomalbrc 1y ago
  Wow almost as good as handwritten HTML!
- mb2100 1y ago
  yes, that's why performance metric and on low-powered phones is so terrible. Look at that: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-http3-explained-haxx-se/tqpxqew2ev?form_factor=mobile https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-http3-explained-hax...
  - flykespice 1y ago
    That is a striking difference between mobile and desktop, why is that? (Also that is a very interesting site)
    - mb2100 1y ago
      That's because on mobile, PageSpeed (which is a hosted version of the Ligthhouse dev tools you also have in Chrome) simulates a low-end Android device on a slow 3G network, which is what a lot of website visitors actually use (as opposed to the web developer using the newest iPhone on great WiFi). That's why content-driven websites should not be an SPA, and why I built https://mastrojs.github.io https://mastrojs.github.io
- cwillu 1y ago
  Ugh, that explains why it hangs for a quarter second any time I scroll with the mousewheel.
fkyoureadthedoc 1y ago
Damn it's nice to log onto Hacker News and see yet another top comment on an interesting article be bike shedding about webshit. And also wrong because if you crack open your react dev tools and have a peak inside the 2MB of javascript you'll see that this site is still everything you despise.
Razengan 1y ago
But how will the author know the last 500 websites you visited and where your eyes are looking right now and what you ate last Tuesday? They should put some AnAlYtIcS in.
fny 1y ago
Gitbook is not a simple static site generator. There are a also ton of outbound requests for JS on first load. [0]: view-source:https://http3-explained.haxx.se/ https://http3-explained.haxx.se/
Nifty3929 1y ago
+1000 I need fancy javascript crap like I need a hole in my head.
thegrim33 1y ago
I see literally two dozen JS scripts run when I open the page.

Damn it's nice reading a simple static site like this. Links open instantly to the next fully laid out page of content. If only the rest of the web could be like this..

INTPenis 1y ago

Agreed but where is the actual git repo? I see a text saying this "contents get updated automatically on every commit to this git repository" but where is "this git repository"? I can't find a link to the source anywhere.

Cthulhu_ 1y ago
After a quick google: https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained (using a search engine is faster than asking for a link on HN)
- Zambyte 1y ago
  I found it on HN faster than I could have with a search engine because they asked :)
rchard2scout 1y ago
The introduction has a "help out" section which links to the github repo: https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained
dobladov 1y ago
https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained

madeofpalk 1y ago

Worth nothing, that react application (using React Server Components?)! If you have javascript enabled, it renders as a single page app, fetching each additional page via an API. If you disable JS, it renders it all on the server.

tomalbrc 1y ago
Wow almost as good as handwritten HTML!
mb2100 1y ago
yes, that's why performance metric and on low-powered phones is so terrible. Look at that: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-http3-explained-haxx-se/tqpxqew2ev?form_factor=mobile https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-http3-explained-hax...
- flykespice 1y ago
  That is a striking difference between mobile and desktop, why is that? (Also that is a very interesting site)
  - mb2100 1y ago
    That's because on mobile, PageSpeed (which is a hosted version of the Ligthhouse dev tools you also have in Chrome) simulates a low-end Android device on a slow 3G network, which is what a lot of website visitors actually use (as opposed to the web developer using the newest iPhone on great WiFi). That's why content-driven websites should not be an SPA, and why I built https://mastrojs.github.io https://mastrojs.github.io
cwillu 1y ago
Ugh, that explains why it hangs for a quarter second any time I scroll with the mousewheel.

fkyoureadthedoc 1y ago

Damn it's nice to log onto Hacker News and see yet another top comment on an interesting article be bike shedding about webshit. And also wrong because if you crack open your react dev tools and have a peak inside the 2MB of javascript you'll see that this site is still everything you despise.

Razengan 1y ago

But how will the author know the last 500 websites you visited and where your eyes are looking right now and what you ate last Tuesday? They should put some AnAlYtIcS in.

fny 1y ago

Gitbook is not a simple static site generator. There are a also ton of outbound requests for JS on first load. [0]: view-source:https://http3-explained.haxx.se/ https://http3-explained.haxx.se/

Nifty3929 1y ago

+1000 I need fancy javascript crap like I need a hole in my head.

thegrim33 1y ago

I see literally two dozen JS scripts run when I open the page.