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by troupo 183 days ago
So, in order to show a single download link it needs to load an animation with visible loading progress even on a gigabit connection. It takes a few seconds to appear. All to show a scaling animation that can be achieved with a couple of lines of CSS.

Same for absolutely static code examples that take a few seconds to load and shift the content away.

Why?
2 comments
sixtyj 183 days ago
You are a rare species, on the verge of extinction.

Unfortunately, most people today probably don't care about what you're talking about. (I do, but I've decided not to comment on it anymore, because it would probably drive me crazy :)

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0x073 182 days ago
The site is for developers and most of the rare species are developers.

The designer fail to target their audience.

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dijit 182 days ago
Ruby is not targeting those kind of developers though.

It's C/C++ developers that typically prefer a no-fluff approach.

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pjmlp 182 days ago
As polyglot developer, I am also for a no-fluff approach and vanilajs for the win.

One of the reasons Next.js is attractive to me, is exactly they have rediscovered why so many of us have stayed with SSR.

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christophilus 182 days ago
> no-fluff … Next.js

Hmm. We can agree to disagree on the definition of fluff.

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pjmlp 182 days ago
Sure, if you ignore the SSR and SSG part, which sadly most nodejs stuff lacks.

Additionally, Next.js should only be used when SaaS product vendor doesn't allow for any other option, which sadly is the case when making themselves sellable to magpie developers, while riding VC money until the IPO takes off.

I rather deliver, than do yak shaving, but at least can deliver only HTML and CSS if I chose to.

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timeon 183 days ago
> couple of lines of CSS

This is bit too much to ask. Just check the source it is swollen with Tailwind.

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canyp 182 days ago
Interesting, never seen "swollen" used to describe code bloat, but it creates powerful imagery now that I read your sentence.
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troupo 183 days ago
Tailwind maps directly to CSS (well, it is pure CSS) and doesn't require a loading progress for a one-line animation: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/animation
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timeon 183 days ago
Sure but if someones duplicates 50x this:

> flex-shrink-0 transition-transform duration-300 hover:scale-105 w-[160px] h-[144px] 2xl:w-[200px] 2xl:h-[180px]

just to avoid CSS, not sure they would bother with CSS animation.

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