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karlmdavis | 3 years ago

“It helps build fast rendering sites, sometimes even sub-second renders…”

That has to be a typo, right? Or sarcasm?

I weep for what we’ve all done to the beautiful speed and simplicity of the web.

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danielvaughn|3 years ago

I don't think it's a typo - a sub-second render on a modern website with all the bells and whistles that users now expect...that probably puts you in the 99th percentile, maybe even higher.

Not disagreeing with you though - it's amazing how much bloat we've added. Nobody seems to get just how fucking fast the web actually is. Take a look at Figma or Linear if you want to see products that truly care about performance.

411111111111111|3 years ago

HN, which is as far removed as you can get from modern websites takes 700-900ms from initial request to render if you're in a logged in session.

Whoever claims that sub second rendering isn't outstanding is just clueless.