Watching this I have to wonder how much of "the web is slower than native" is just a self-fulfilling prophecy (or even an excuse).
even small differences add up.
Tell that to the "nobody cares in the end if things are < 100kb" and "premature optimization" types (who presumably never heard of avoiding gratuitous pessimization).
React promises upcoming ways to address these problems
"So the engineers at Facebook in a stroke of maniacal genius said “to hell with the W3C and to hell with best practices!” and decided to completely abstract away the browser, …" Mark Nutter - Modern Web Development (2016)
React Server Components seem to take the whole "build a browser just for React" notion to an entirely new level.
That bakeoff’s official conclusion: “performance is an application concern, not the platform’s fault”..
… really?
"What is clear: right now, if you’re using a framework to build your site, you’re making a trade-off in terms of initial performance—even in the best of scenarios.
Some trade-off may be acceptable in the right situations, but it’s important that we make that exchange consciously."
Watching this I have to wonder how much of "the web is slower than native" is just a self-fulfilling prophecy (or even an excuse).
Tell that to the "nobody cares in the end if things are < 100kb" and "premature optimization" types (who presumably never heard of avoiding gratuitous pessimization).
"So the engineers at Facebook in a stroke of maniacal genius said “to hell with the W3C and to hell with best practices!” and decided to completely abstract away the browser, …"
Mark Nutter - Modern Web Development (2016)
React Server Components seem to take the whole "build a browser just for React" notion to an entirely new level.
… really?
"What is clear: right now, if you’re using a framework to build your site, you’re making a trade-off in terms of initial performance—even in the best of scenarios.
Some trade-off may be acceptable in the right situations, but it’s important that we make that exchange consciously."
Tim Kadlec - The Cost of Javascript Frameworks (2020)
If the platform is the fundamental limiting component then it's the platform's fault …
No honourable(, hopeful) mention for Solid Start? 😁
Great post as always, Thank You!