Ask HN: The new “back to HTML” trend

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6 years ago

This year, we can see a renaissance of (mostly) JavaScript-less websites and web apps, as an answer to the "Website obesity crisis" [1].

A recent prominent example is that "Hey.com UI is 100% HTML" [2]. Other compelling examples that I've seen are: "It’s perceivably faster to load 8.5 megabytes of HTML than it is to load a single tweet with a client-side React app." [3] or LOW←TECH MAGAZINE, a "solar-powered website" [4].

The numerous examples show that this is a trend now. I am looking for other compelling examples and explorations of this trend.

Do you think it is an important trend to copy, or mostly irrelevant gimmick (similar to code golf excercises)?

[1] https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23536517 [3] https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1169998370041208832 [4] https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html

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