On: Why I Don't Use Netscape (1999)

[bbarnett]

I disagree. Using AJAX to hit internal APIs to load or update content improves performance of the site, and can make it easier to maintain.

The reality is, with node junk, the average site uses 10mb of js, taking 5s to render, to show 1kb of text.

Get rid of that 10mb of js, all those fonts, and you don't need to update only part of a page.

It will load and render in 10ms.

[sumtechguy → bbarnett]

Javascript is so good we hide it with transpilers so we do not have to use it.

[rrwo → bbarnett]

Not every site uses "node junk" or even jQuery.

[loloquwowndueo → rrwo]

That’s why parent said “the average site” and not “every site”.

[Kiro → bbarnett]

That has nothing to do with Node.