The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamk...

__natty__ · 2026-06-10T14:15:06 1781100906

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

frisia · 2026-06-10T14:16:28 1781100988

I think that's the joke :) all other articles load fine instantly, just this one that has a spinner

__natty__ · 2026-06-10T14:21:51 1781101311

Heh it got me then :)

alsetmusic · 2026-06-10T14:55:51 1781103351

Whoosh! Right over my head. I feel a little silly, but also, got me!

ErroneousBosh · 2026-06-10T14:53:52 1781103232

Got me too :-)

elmigranto · 2026-06-10T14:16:13 1781100973

My guess it’s a joke.

TSiege · 2026-06-10T14:16:09 1781100969

it's a sarcasm loader

sorenjan · 2026-06-10T14:20:29 1781101229

Sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality.

Izkata · 2026-06-10T16:19:00 1781108340

Ages ago when writing.com was first modernizing its site, they started by hiding story content to display a spinner, waiting a second or two, then re-displaying the content. It was on the page the whole time, they just made it look like it was loading in the background.

TonyStr · 2026-06-11T11:23:07 1781176987

I remember doing this as a kid making my first website. I thought it looked more "professional"

bryanrasmussen · 2026-06-10T15:31:16 1781105476

https://medium.com/luminasticity/on-the-triumph-of-satire-fa...

"Satire isn’t dead.

Satire won.

This is what it looks like from inside, looking out. "

dang · 2026-06-10T17:54:50 1781114090

Discussed at the time:

In Defence of the Single Page Application - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31275178 - May 2022 (32 comments)

pegasus · 2026-06-10T14:16:00 1781100960

All I got is a "loading" animation. Gave up after 10 seconds. So, not a counterargument, but a confirmation of the article's thesis.

tele_ski · 2026-06-10T14:17:16 1781101036

It's a joke/sarcasm

sodapopcan · 2026-06-10T14:55:33 1781103333

I wish I hadn't read the replies. I love being made the fool (though not to worry, I'll have plenty of other opportunities, likely today!)

650REDHAIR · 2026-06-10T14:32:10 1781101930

I got wooshed.

Nice work!

pkphilip · 2026-06-10T15:18:42 1781104722

I have to say that I hate SPAs. It is often a far worse user experience than the vanilla multi-page websites.

bryanrasmussen · 2026-06-10T15:33:24 1781105604

Like most defenses of Single Page Applications it managed to make me angry, at least at first.

TSiege · 2026-06-10T14:15:38 1781100938

lol this got me