[skeledrew]

This site got me going. Almost had whiplash when I tapped a link and the page loaded literally instantly. I've almost forgotten that that's possible on the internet. I'm not a web dev, but I'm inspired to get into it now because of this site.

[thedumbname]

Try uBlock Origin and most of your sites will load instantly (hint: most of the time it is third-party analytics/ads issue)

[skeledrew]

I have many blockers. Doesn't help performance at all IMO.

[darkvertex]

You should try making a site with Astro. Load speed is cray cray.

[allthetime]

Yeah I’m a recent Astro convert. To be fair, any static site will have this effect. It’s just everyone is using react to make landing pages now.

[ethmarks]

What makes Astro fast isn't just that it's static, it's that it automatically pre-renders and it doesn't ship a runtime. React can render to static as well, it just also ships the React runtime.

[robertoandred]

React sites are easily static.

[mbreese]

Static or pre-rendered static? I rarely come across the latter, but the former is pretty common.

[1718627440]

I mean you also have HN as a reference.

[skeledrew]

I use an app for HN, and try to wherever I can due to my general experience with web things, so it's a different feel. But also HN being snappy is pretty much an upfront expectation given it's like 99.99% text.

[1718627440]

TIL there is an HN app.

[skeledrew]

Yep, several. I've found Hacki best for me so far, but actually I'm considering to make my own as there are a few pain points and extras I'd like handled, and it'd be a nice learning experience.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jiaqifeng.hacki