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by h2s 4594 days ago
I have a vague feeling of excitement about the future of JS development in general. Whether or not Meteor is going to be the bringer of that bright future is something I'm not so sure of.

On the topic of constructive criticism, differential.io could really do with ditching that "We work at Cintrifuse" interstitial before the blog post is displayed. In the spirit of being constructive, I will simply say that my experience as a reader would have been vastly better without it.
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joshowens 4593 days ago
We are actually lacking a loading screen, so you are just seeing the header and footer mashing together while the content loads.
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h2s 4593 days ago
It's funny, my gut reaction to your explanation is one of technological conservatism. "This is a problem that shouldn't exist! Don't use JavaScript for that!", I want to exclaim.

But I remember thinking similar things years ago when Slashdot introduced a bunch of JavaScript enhancements on top of what had been a very spartan HTML-based comment UI. The technologically conservative point of view was wrong then, and I think it'd be equally wrong now.

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joshowens 4593 days ago
Yeah,

My mind initially had trouble accepting the changes in how to think about data and reactivity, but I think it has been worth it in the end. Very much a "there is no spoon" type of moment.

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