alt Hacker NewsBecause the web browser was burdened with the role of application host, and not just presentation of static content. There's no going backwards.
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jay_kyburz • today at 1:54 AM
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Because the web browser was burdened with the role of application host, and not just presentation of static content. There's no going backwards.
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this is why the web stack feels like a car held together with duct tape these days. we collectively took the wrong fork in the road and doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down. computing in general is glorious when i feel like im working near computing and then i get to web app stuff and im like.. i dunno. sad. i get why we ended up where we did with web stacks but seriously what a nightmare