[capableweb]

"vanilla javascript" usually refers to something like manipulating the DOM directly, without using frameworks, transpiled languages and similar. Both of them seems to be using a bunch of different tech, from typescript to wasm, jsx and more, not sure I'd call that vanilla javascript.

On a second note, I'm surprised that both the new web versions are so similar. Seems just a couple of margins changed and other minor changes (profile picture filling the background vs being a centered circle for example), but built differently. Wonder if they both worked towards the same design maybe?

Edit: found explanations to the multiple-codebases behavior further down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26943653

[f311a]

They had a contest with requirements to the codebase: https://contest.com/javascript-web-3

[3v1n0]

Wow and each submission can be opened..

[samat]

this is gold. thank you!

[aszen]

i think both of them are not using any framework, one of them uses an inhouse library which resembles react but overall i would say it's pretty vanilla (as in no frontend frameworks)

[capableweb]

You might be right in the first half, but TypeScript (which they seem to be built in mostly) is not vanilla JavaScript, no matter what library or frameworks you use.