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Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day
10 days ago
- Hardcore IndieWeb advocates for complete ownership and control of web content by hosting it directly from your own hard drive.
- The method involves authoring HTML content locally, previewing in a browser, and uploading to a web host, requiring only a text editor, file transfer tool, and a low-cost host like NearlyFreeSpeech.net at $0.01/day.
- Key website components like landing pages, blog posts, archives, and RSS feeds can be managed manually in HTML, offering full creative freedom and portability without dependencies on external services or subscriptions.
- This approach eliminates risks associated with third-party service failures, enhances content portability, and reconnects users with the simplicity and empowerment of early web publishing practices.
Are you telling me a readonly property is wrecking my performance?
19 days ago
- A performance issue was investigated in Letta Desktop where increasing usage slowed the product, initially suspected to be due to unoptimized code.
- The root cause was found to be the use of 'el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;' to scroll the UI on new messages, assuming scrollHeight was a static, performant readonly property.
- In reality, scrollHeight is dynamic and recalculated on access, causing slowdowns when frequently updated during high message streams.
- The chromium implementation shows scrollHeight triggers layout updates, making it non-performant for frequent use.
- A solution was to use a very large number instead of calculating scrollHeight precisely, relying on bounding behavior.
- Key advice: Readonly properties can be dynamic and impact performance, especially when obvious changes occur.
- Lessons include questioning assumptions about property performance and optimizing UI interactions.
98% Isn't Much
21 days ago
- 98% success rate is context-dependent: excellent for exceptional achievements but unacceptable for basic expectations.
- In web development, 98% support for a feature can exclude a significant portion of users, especially if audience demographics differ from the general population.
- Robust engineering requires graceful handling of edge cases; lack of degradation for unsupported features means 98% isn't truly 'widely supported'.
Nimetic – Zero-JS Single Page Applications
a month ago
- Nimetic enables building zero-JavaScript SPAs by combining Nim, Datastar, and YottaDB.
- It eliminates heavy frontend frameworks, complex build pipelines, and node_modules dependencies.
- The stack uses a Nim backend with MummyDS HTTP server, Datastar for frontend reactivity via HTML attributes and SSE, and YottaDB for daemonless, hierarchical NoSQL storage.
- YottaDB offers advantages like zero-cost abstractions via Nim macros, daemonless architecture for reduced latency, ACID transactions, and session persistence.
- Nimetic demonstrates backend-driven hypermedia as a high-performance alternative for web development.
- Resources include sample applications, architectural guides, and Nim documentation for getting started.

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Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day

Are you telling me a readonly property is wrecking my performance?

98% Isn't Much

Nimetic – Zero-JS Single Page Applications