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by adev_ 2317 days ago
> So long as websites pretend they are documents, they will remain bloated poorly performing synchronous applications.

I disagree.

Most websites (99%) are just barely interactive documents with buttons.

The bloat we suffer today is because we ship them and design them as full interactive App when it's absolutely not needed.

Why this happened ? Because the current tooling make it easy. Not because it is the right design.

The "distributed application" is just a bullshit fashion of a time. very little applications require the current level of complexity compares to the features they give.

They are like they are because "create-react-app" and "npm install world" is easy.