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apsurdtoday at 5:31 AM1 replyview on HN

Web technologies got so many things right. People complain about it so much but it's amazing.

I worked with a vibe coded app at my last job (and since quit due to it) and because it was a nextjs SPA frontend with a separate API backend, the user facing urls didn't match the backend endpoints. Because AI uses react hooks for everything, state is in-memory, url-based routing isn't a thing unless you design for it. So links aren't free and thus we have no way for users to link to anything other than top-level entry points. LINKS! Especially for internal tools, everything being linkable is vital to collaboration and problem solving.

The need for uniform resource locations and verbs was so well thought out, 30 or 40 some odd years ago.


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laurels-martstoday at 8:48 AM

Wait so when u navigate to a different page/tab the url wouldn’t update?

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