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by parineum 54 days ago
They basically revolutionized the web with the JavaScript V8 engine in chrome. Before them, JavaScript performance was so bad you had to have a really light touch with it.
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andrekandre 54 days ago 

  > JavaScript performance was so bad you had to have a really light touch with it.
yep, but slowly the web is going back to js == slow imo, so many sites are so heavy its insane...
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krupan 53 days ago
The time I'm talking about was a long time before V8 and Chrome even
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PunchyHamster 54 days ago
I miss those times. It allowed for sooo many shitty practices
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