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Here is my personal guide to improving performance https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... Following that approach my current personal achieves LCP and state restoration for this large SPA in 105ms on localhost and…

comment by austin-cheney · 2025-09-14 · in Improve Site Speed

…that was extremely hard to tell because that was well within the variance between test intervals. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2025-05-06 · in Critical CSS

…Node then it’s the library system in Nodes documentation. That is it. Here is a practical example: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... I never mentioned build tools. You can write your own quickly, and you don’t…

comment by austin-cheney · 2025-03-21 · in The Frontend Treadmill

Here is a study on performance that I did for JavaScript in the browser: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... TLDR; full state restoration of a OS GUI in the browser under 80ms from page request. I was eventually…

comment by austin-cheney · 2025-02-21 · in Users don't care about your tech stack

…a demonstration of full state restoration and rendering in 80ms of an OS-like GUI in the browser: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2025-02-20 · in Maybe you don't need Rust and WASM to speed up your JavaScript (2018)

Here is my personal guide to hyper extreme performance in the browser. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-11-02 · in Tips to improve your website's performance

…pandering to children. We already know what high performance looks like. I wrote about it here: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... If the goal really is higher performance and lower complexity the most…

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-10-24 · in Should JavaScript be split into two languages?

…next opportunity. Code quality must be determined by evidence, not preference. Here is an example: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... That’s really it. As the manager you set the standards, but you must…

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-09-26 · in Ask HN: As a manager, how to increase the sense of urgency of the team?

EDIT: The performance link should be https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... Screwed by the iphone.

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-09-19 · in Ask HN: How can I improve UI dev skills? Looking for real-world examples

…with state restoration fully executed as faster than 80ms. I describe that in great detail here: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom I built an original test automation engine for that application because I needed something that supported…

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-09-19 · in Ask HN: How can I improve UI dev skills? Looking for real-world examples

…event handling and you have complete obsoleted your giant nightmare framework. I describe it here: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag...

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-08-18 · in VanillaJSX.com

…master. Here is something I wrote about performance measuring just before I stopped doing JS work: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-05-28 · in Ask HN: Have you developed any habits to be more productive?

…to a browser here is the guide to achieve the best possible performance according to the numbers: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... Warning: every time I post this people claim to want superior performance but…

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-04-17 · in Ask HN: Best stack for real time data intensive apps

This was attempt to research the fastest possible approach to a JavaScript GUI in the browser. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... The techniques mentioned are stupid fast to the fewest milliseconds, but most…

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-03-05 · in Ask HN: What are the hidden performance tricks for JavaScript?

…most programmers because most people that program JavaScript professionally cannot really program. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2024-03-03 · in Ask HN: How can I learn about performance optimization?

For simple state management here is what I do: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag... Here is an application with an OS-like GUI making use of that concept: https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-12-09 · in Ask HN: What are good patterns for holding state?

…these legacy applications even if new applications are no longer written in that language. [1] https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Object_Orie...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-08-20 · in IBM study: 40% of workers will have to reskill in the next three years due to AI

…read the following document, you can skip to the end but it may not make much sense if you do. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/JavaScript_... When developers make random performance assumptions, defensive assumptions are…

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-08-18 · in TypeScript is surprisingly ok for compilers

…to learn after large commitments of time investment in programming. It inspired me to write this: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/JavaScript_... The most important learning for me out of this is that people are predictable…

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-08-17 · in As a self learner which courses, books, etc have rewired your mental model?

…as many decisions. Normally when developers are asking such questions they are seeking easiness: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Easiness.md

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-06-06 · in Why are many of the biggest web frameworks in dynamically typed langs?

…I understand performance aggressively enough far beyond the comfort of most developers: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-06-02 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)

…the same techniques I have no doubt this site can achieve page load times under 0.5 seconds. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-05-30 · in 300ms Faster: Reducing Wikipedia's total blocking time

…kind of clear practical application. So, I did the world a favor and wrote just such a definition: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Easiness.md...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-05-26 · in htmx

https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-05-25 · in VanJS (Vanilla JavaScript): smallest reactive UI framework

…frameworks are fast based upon some of their popular features. I have done some research on this: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance... Ultimately speed comes down to transmission, asset consolidation, elimination…

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-05-15

…really they probably mean some combination of fearful and/or lazy, so I chose to define easiness: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Easiness.md If developers really wanted simplicity or to be done with work faster they would…

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-05-14 · in Building a front end framework – Reactivity, composability with no dependencies

…with full stack performance. I wrote an article about my learnings to an 80ms milestone: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by austin-cheney · 2023-03-13 · in What UX experiments you ran on your SaaS product?

…state restoration as fast as 80ms. Btw about this, I am reading it and it sounds amazing [0]. [0] - https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/performance...

comment by tempor-schule · 2023-03-04 · in Ask HN: How to deal with the loss of magic as a student?

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I use a simple 4 point system for state management: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag... I use it for an OS GUI here which fully loads in 200ms in Chrome (300ms Edge): https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-syst…

comment by austin-cheney · 2022-12-26 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite front end state management solution?

…complexity to formulate defensive opinions than don’t make any sense. That article is this: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag...

comment by austin-cheney · 2022-12-14 · in Ask HN: Looking for article that mocks complexity of modern frontend development

…obvious example is state management. Here is how I solve for state management in a few easy steps: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag... With that approach I can have full state restoration on a full OS GUI…

comment by austin-cheney · 2022-11-27 · in Ask HN: What's the biggest problem you've faced with SPA JavaScript frameworks?

…to exist and expected to continue is that software is not a true profession in the formal sense: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Leadership_...

comment by austincheney · 2022-02-23 · in Moral injury can occur in many contexts and populations, including the workplace

…makes software unique. The answer: a complete absence of professionalism . I wrote about this here: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Leadership_... Edit: corrected the hyperlink.

comment by austincheney · 2022-02-22 · in Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness

I wrote a document explaining how to implement your own web socket service: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/websocket_s... Implementing your own service logic is incredibly helpful in the cases where you have multiple…

comment by austincheney · 2022-01-11 · in The WebSocket Handbook

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* State management in the browser. This is stupid easy. I even wrote about exactly how to do this: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag... * Just about anything to do with the DOM. Its a standard tree model. You…

comment by austincheney · 2021-06-14 · in “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

…me of this board game called Othello . * State management is less easy but still not challenging. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag...

comment by austincheney · 2021-06-12 · in The art of Front end Engineering

I wrote something similar a few years back that gained a small amount of attention on GitHub: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Web_Educati...

comment by austincheney · 2021-06-05 · in The web we choose to build. Principles for user-centred front-end development

…people perceive this to be a real concern is because they have never done it without a framework. https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/state_manag...

comment by austincheney · 2021-05-18 · in It's time for a data-first front end revolution

…pieces and methods of approach while simultaneously increasing the potential number of solutions? https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Simplicity....

comment by austincheney · 2021-04-25 · in The difficulty of programming depends on the layer and quality of abstraction

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…originality. I wrote this yesterday after confronting somebody saying something short-sighted: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/faulty_prem...

comment by austincheney · 2020-08-03 · in Ask HN: How can I “work-out” critical thinking skills as I age?

Very nice guide on Avoiding Trolls: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Avoiding_Tr...

comment by rapnie · 2020-07-14 · in Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018)

Good guide to avoiding trolls. Golden rule: "A conversation is not a contest" https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Avoiding_Tr...

comment by rapnie · 2020-03-19 · in 1% rule

…Changing culture bit by bit. [0] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/ [1] https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Avoiding_Tr...

comment by rapnie · 2020-01-29 · in Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity filling the web?

…memorable things I've come across on Hacker News was a link to this article about avoiding trolls: https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Avoiding_Tr... Even as somebody that's used the Internet frequently for 25+ years, I was…

comment by sp0rk · 2020-01-07 · in A harassment campaign on Goodreads

> * stupid - https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Delusional_... It seems you wrote this article; have you read it back? You bury the lede under 1230 words explaining some social concepts rather than anything…

comment by striking · 2019-04-12 · in Web Components could replace frontend frameworks?

…* state - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science) * stupid - https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Delusional_...

comment by austincheney · 2019-04-12 · in Web Components could replace frontend frameworks?