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Re:SPAs Were a Mistake by jmconfuzeus on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @02:50PM (#30532026)
The Basecamp guys created Hey which is a mail app not implemented as a SPA. It's probably the fastest mail app I've ever seen while delivering around 40kb of javascript.

If Hey is a toy app you then you must be working on some truly alien projects from the future or something.

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Re:SPAs Were a Mistake by enra on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:51PM (#30537288)
While it might be fast, it feels you’re like using Rails app with turbo links. Page loads. Feels barely interactive.

Compare native Mail app and Hey. If anything should be a SPA, it’s an email app.

Also who cares how much kb of JavaScript your mail app uses? It’s completely wrong metric to optimize for an app someone uses every day, multiple times a day and likely has the app open all the time.

(Also haven’t heard people using Hey much since the launch)

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