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Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling by brundolf on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:27PM (#31969343)
It's too imprecise:

- People might interpret that as "drop-in replacement for webpack", which is definitely not true

- Even as just "a replacement for webpack"; Webpack and Vite have a lot of overlap, and it makes sense to compare them, but I think there are too many asterisks and nuances to say they're equivalent, in official materials, unqualified

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Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling by athammer on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:40PM (#31969449)
Rather imprecise then have people confused of what it does - especially when the confusion could be fixed by a sentence.

Just have a hyper link that directions to a comparison page explaining the nuance. Even without the hyperlink I wouldn’t assume people would think it’s a 1:1 clone drop in replacement. People don’t just drop in a new tool without research and comparing it against their new tool.

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Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling by rco8786 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @07:57PM (#31972056)
An 80% true statement that sets the tone followed by a deeper explanation is fine. What is currently there tells us 0% about what Vite does.
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