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The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application:

https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

I think that's the joke :) all other articles load fine instantly, just this one that has a spinner

Heh it got me then :)

Whoosh! Right over my head. I feel a little silly, but also, got me!

Got me too :-)

My guess it’s a joke.

it's a sarcasm loader

Sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality.

Ages ago when writing.com was first modernizing its site, they started by hiding story content to display a spinner, waiting a second or two, then re-displaying the content. It was on the page the whole time, they just made it look like it was loading in the background.

I remember doing this as a kid making my first website. I thought it looked more "professional"

https://medium.com/luminasticity/on-the-triumph-of-satire-fa...

"Satire isn’t dead.

Satire won.

This is what it looks like from inside, looking out. "

Discussed at the time:

In Defence of the Single Page Application - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31275178 - May 2022 (32 comments)

All I got is a "loading" animation. Gave up after 10 seconds. So, not a counterargument, but a confirmation of the article's thesis.

It's a joke/sarcasm

I wish I hadn't read the replies. I love being made the fool (though not to worry, I'll have plenty of other opportunities, likely today!)

I got wooshed.

Nice work!

I have to say that I hate SPAs. It is often a far worse user experience than the vanilla multi-page websites.

Like most defenses of Single Page Applications it managed to make me angry, at least at first.

lol this got me

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