Post #152350
2026-01-23 14:40 UTC
Replies (26)
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@kevin@fedi.kbg.sh 2026-01-23 16:06
Ok now everyone who liked this follow me 💀
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@h3@chaos.social 2026-01-23 15:35
@kevin ...on anything less than a 5000€ gaming PC
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@Yuvalne@433.world 2026-01-23 15:46
@kevin alt text: an interface that's a bunch of light gray circles and rounded squares on a white background, like many modern interfaces look while loading. this one is especially reminiscent of something like Facebook Messenger or LinkedIn, but it may as well be any of a ton of corporate web interfaces.
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@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social 2026-01-23 16:11
@kevin Or an "unsupported browser" which still adheres to all the W3C standards but isn't chrome.
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@Nine@chitter.xyz 2026-01-23 16:26
@kevin *sighs* ahhh... a comment section devoid of any comments. bliss
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@tofu@is-a.cat 2026-01-23 16:39
@kevin ok but is your CPU fast enough to handle all that javascript?
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@asahi@plasmatrap.com 2026-01-23 16:46
@kevin@fedi.kbg.sh the 5 billion javascript frameworks loading in the background:
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@reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden 2026-01-23 17:10
@kevin I swear those placeholders make everything slower to load even on fast connections
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@tomwsmf@mastodon.social 2026-01-23 17:40
@kevin there is always elinks #elinks
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@fartnuggets@jorts.horse 2026-01-23 17:46
@kevin Management: "Time-to-first-paint is a key performance indicator!" Engineering: "Okay, we'll need to invest in more resources and developers to reduce tech debt, focus on performance optimization, and deploy edge compute - " Management: "AI said it'll only take an hour!" Engineering: *can't afford to be unemployed* 🤷♂️ (later) Management: "Great work, the metrics are looking way better!" Engineering: *dies inside*
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@Soy_Magnus@detroitriotcity.com 2026-01-23 19:21
@kevin indeed every time I access it
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@wolfkin@mastodon.social 2026-01-23 19:50
@kevin wait so it's not just me?
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@theorangetheme@en.osm.town 2026-01-23 19:57
@kevin "But bro, you can load the page even if the data isn't ready yet!" (The data should've been 10 extra kilobytes of HTML instead of 2 MB of JSON from the same Kubernetes monstrosity struggling to hit a sustained 10 RPS).
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@fubaroque@mastodon.social 2026-01-23 20:48
@kevin I strongly dislike those animated place holders. They only work for delays up to about half a second. Beyond that they make things worse. A lot worse… 🤮
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@amelia@bv.umbrellix.org 2026-01-23 20:49
[this post has been edited because I since found out that the OP believes my existence is a sin. More specifically, he(?) considers himself an “anglo-Catholic” (in the Anglican sense, not the Catholic sense) and out and proud Christians I tend to assume are homophobic by default unless they’re themselves queer - yes it’s a bit of guilty until proven innocent, I know..]
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@sgued@pouet.chapril.org 2026-01-23 21:21
@kevin the place I do sports at has a calendar page to do bookings. It loads "just" 60MB of JavaScript....
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@TheArchMage@outerheaven.club 2026-01-23 22:21
@kevin on god I waited for like 5 min before realising that this is the real photo my internet is pretty bad
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@gurkan@has.siktir.in 2026-01-23 22:49
@kevin reminds me Pentium II 400mhz laptop running MS Word 9 tweet, fast as hell.. meanwhile I cannot open a god damn website.
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@KinkyKobolds@meow.social 2026-01-23 23:45
@kevin This is just one of the reasons alt text matters.
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@philsherry@mstdn.social 2026-01-24 12:21
@kevin Most modern “web developers” really aren’t. They're just React hobbyists who managed to get jobs, skipping all experience and fundamentals along the way. They were brought up on bad Facebook code and have no idea what accessibility is. When they die, they will have perfect Lighthouse scores on their headstones.
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@zaki@plasmatrap.com 2026-01-24 13:56
@kevin@fedi.kbg.sh hello facebook messenger
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@jackemled@furry.engineer 2026-01-24 18:04
@kevin Then it changes to a nearly blank page saying "Please turn on JavaScript" or "You're using an unsupported browser, please install Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.", but you're already using Firefox & you have JavaScript enabled. How do you fuck up serving a static page so bad?
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@EwanIngvald@framapiaf.org 2026-01-25 09:26
#alt4you #alt4u Screenshot of a web page from what appears to be a smartphone screen. However, the page only displays a white background with empty grey buttons and lines that should be text but are only grey stripes.
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@mage_of_dragons@mastodon.social 2026-01-26 05:04
@kevin > React hydration takes 3 seconds. Kids' attention is 2.
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@krutonium@social.treehouse.systems 2026-01-26 19:52
@kevin PoV: YouTube, Frequently (the video is 8 minutes in, as well, playing in 4K)
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@hazelnuthead@booping.synth.download 2026-01-27 12:13
@kevin@fedi.kbg.sh Also the modern internet when you try loading it on a computer with less then super workstation status.