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0 pointstonyedgecombe9y ago0 comments

"When you follow a link, Turbolinks automatically fetches the page, swaps in its <body>, and merges its <head>, all without incurring the cost of a full page load."

Is the cost really that high to warrant this?

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WildGreenLeave9y ago

It prevents the browser from requesting all the external files (CSS and/or JS), so yes, it may be that high.

tonyedgecombeOP9y ago

I would have assumed they would be cached?

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