> This idea that we need to burn it down to build a new technology stack for the web seems kind of laughable. Why would we do that when we could just replace th

> This idea that we need to burn it down to build a new technology stack for the web seems kind of laughable. Why would we do that when we could just replace the piece that is bothering us - JavaScript? Neither I nor the article said never said we need to burn the web down. Bloated, designed-by-committee, document platform technologies like Javascript, CSS, and DOm are preventing the web from competing with native apps. The only way to fix this is to replace them with modern technology designed for applications.