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by nchmy 1y ago
Finally a good-faith reply! I concede that my original comment here was somewhat hostile, but only really the first line. And it wasn't even all that hostile - especially when the rest of the comment was really just informative and pos
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by nchmy 1y ago
Full disclosure: I'm a happy and grateful user and purchaser of the datastar pro license. And it's not a company, it's literally 3 guys who have a 501c3 non profit, and actively dissuade people from buying the pro license bec
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by nchmy 1y ago
Except the pro option is not "a few years later" it's available in pre-v1 and is a one-time lifetime purchase, not a subscription. And the framework and docs are so small and simple, that you can read the entire site in an ho
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by nchmy 1y ago
This is exactly what is done here. They're emphatic that most will/should never need the pro features.
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by nchmy 1y ago
What is it that you think is the most heavily presented feature that is actually behind a paid addin? Because they're quite vocal about the fact that most people should not ever need the pro license... They actively dissuade people fro
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by nchmy 1y ago
No, it's the entire point of datastar - that you don't need much JavaScript at all because some simple html attributes do most of it for you, and any extra can either go in-line, or you can also just fallback to separate js script
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by nchmy 1y ago
I was just commenting to someone yesterday how it's a testament to how refined this is that he's been working hard for over 2 years to produce such a small amount of code. I can only imagine how many variations he's gone thro
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by nchmy 1y ago
You can use datastar with ANY backend and templating system that you want - you just have to return html with the appropriate (and standards-compliant) attributes and, optionally, js expressions. Use php, python, rust, or anything else that
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by nchmy 1y ago
And yet, most frontend frameworks barely on even the simplest of sites. This is not only well documented, but most of them have now moved towards some sort of SSR hybrid - at great complexity cost.
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by nchmy 1y ago
What a world we're living in - I point out that a hostile comment is hostile, and I'm labeled hostile. Once again, they aren't charging anything. Pay them if you want some largely-unnecessary features, or if you just want to
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by nchmy 1y ago
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. He shared examples of some immensely dynamic apps that are running on a potato and survived HN, showing that this simplifies things greatly and can scale. Hypermedia-first is a
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by nchmy 1y ago
What here has been reinvented? There's nothing out there like datastar. Htmx + alpine is similar, but much heavier and less functional. And God forbid someone try to make open source sustainable by charging for largely-unnecessary func
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by nchmy 1y ago
This and other negative, yet argument-free, comments about datastar are what seem unnatural to me...
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by nchmy 1y ago
Datastar itself is written in TypeScript... And it is completely agnostic as to what language or approach you use in your backend, so long as you render html with the appropriate (web standards-compliant) attributes and expressions. Use ts,
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by nchmy 1y ago
It can be, but doesn't need to be. It's highly compatible with cqrs and event driven in general, usually done with sowmthing like a pubsub event bus (NATS is most often used). Whether you want to go all the way to event sourcing i
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by nchmy 1y ago
I don't know about a detailed comparison, but datastar basically does everything those do combined, but in a smaller, simpler package. It also sticks to web standards as closely as possible (whereas htmx is trying to propose it's
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by nchmy 1y ago
If you are truly offline, then of course this won't work. Though, it is certainly possible to cache pages since most sites do not need persistent state - it's just ephemeral things like toggling a button, linking an input box and
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by nchmy 1y ago
They're completely comfortable with and unapologetic about the model. And they're not hiding anything.
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by nchmy 1y ago
What a weird comment. Why bring this up unless you're just trying to make them look bad in a dishonest way? It is clearly documented on the site in multiple places. Moreover, they actively dissuade people from even buying the pro lic
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by nchmy 1y ago
Nailed it. This guy has a humility (and probably also critical thinking/communication) problem, not an AI one.
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by nchmy 1y ago
I'm also curious about this. And, even moreso - did apple just start designing chips from scratch or did they buy someone who already had some cutting edge technology? Its hard to believe that they're beating everyone just out of
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by nchmy 1y ago
are you aware of any "ai journalists"? Because simonw does great work, so perhaps blogger is what people should aspire towards?
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by nchmy 1y ago
Strongly agree with this
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by nchmy 1y ago
Arroba is commonly used in Guatemala and signifies 25lbs (roughly 11.3kg)
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by nchmy 1y ago
Yeah, he's a lunatic and/or grifter for that and many other reasons
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by nchmy 1y ago
Yeah, I have no doubt that he's got some good insights, but its crystal clear that he's just hyping it all up as part of a grift. I get serious Alex Jones vibes from him I've tried to listen to a few podcasts and read some ar
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by nchmy 1y ago
I found him in the same way, and thought he was interesting and insightful. But I tried listening to some of his podcasts and read his articles, but just could not suffer them at all. Tech Wont Save Us is worth people's time though - g
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by nchmy 1y ago
yeah, its an absolute monstrosity of a site. Many of the images didnt even load for me.
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by nchmy 1y ago
That would be great to see. Likewise more details about your custom compression settings.
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by nchmy 1y ago
I'm all for reducing dependencies, but why is curl, of all things, catching strays here? Utterly bizarre rant.

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