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0 pointsxyzzyz6y ago0 comments

Easy, just don't write JS. For most sites, there's hardly any need for it. On HN, for example JavaScript is only 150 lines[1].

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jdnenej6y ago· 1 in thread

And you can tell. The page reloads when you want to edit a comment. Also hacker News is one of the simplest use cases ever.

xyzzyzOP6y ago

The page reloads when you want to edit a comment.

Yes, and it takes less than a second (checked in Chrome performance console) to do it. I'm happy with that.

Also hacker News is one of the simplest use cases ever.

Note that 95% of Facebook by usage (scrolling through feed, liking and commenting) doesn't have much more functionality than HN.

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