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The real anti-pattern is building sites that get to the point of needing loading bar indicators. I loved web, when it was, you know, documents. With links to related and other relevant documents. There is a need for online forms, to replace the paper bound versions, and one day we may even develop an appropriate technology to achieve this. Until then, the layers of fresh sticky tape are sitting uneasily upon the aged, yellowing earlier layers of sticky tape, and the turtles-all-way-down "web app" continues to bloat. There is always talk of game changers, disrupting things here on HN, but the massive, obvious challenge goes missed every time. It is easier, maybe more fun, to punt yet another JS framework, bork the HTTP standards a bit more, increase the attack vector in the already humungous browser, than to think outside the box. Maybe instead of thinking outside the box, we should think outside the browser. |