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Re:LLMs reward expertise by andsoitis on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @12:29AM (#49164369)
What does this hypothetical chess page do? And how’s does it do it if it is static?
Re:LLMs reward expertise by Tepix on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @12:41AM (#49164421)
It uses javascript. Still a static file. Lets you play chess
Re:LLMs reward expertise by andsoitis on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @01:07AM (#49164524)
Don’t you update the DOM to render the pieces as they’re moved?
Re:LLMs reward expertise by californical on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @01:32AM (#49164653)
A static website is one that doesn’t have an associated backend API server, just serves as one or more self contained file assets.

The files you serve to the browser are static, not the contents of the page itself

Updating the dom can happen with only individual assets, so it’s a static site

Re:LLMs reward expertise by shepherdjerred on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @01:58AM (#49164776)
when someone describes a static site/app they generally mean there is no backend. not that the frontend is a static image

for example you can service static sites from S3 that have HTML/CSS/JS but no API or DB

Re:LLMs reward expertise by TonyStr on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:12AM (#49166485)
You misunderstand the meaning of static web pages. Here's a short explanation of the terms: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_developme...