alt Hacker NewsNue’s a web framework I’m building to slice through modern web dev bloat. When a Vite/ShadCN/Tailwind button is 40% heavier than a full-blown SPA, it’s time to do things differently. We’re retooling from the ground up—web standards first, no bloat. It’s for frontend architects, design engineers, and UX folks craving simpler, saner workflows. Still in progress, but the shift’s coming. Curious to hear your thoughts!
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At this point I don't even understand why everything has to be a SPA. It's complicated and inefficient and should probably be only used with highly interactive applications like some kind of Photoshop or Ableton live for the web, which means very few apps should use this paradigm. Granted, I'm not much of a frontend dev... but what I know is that if "instant search and other operations over 150,000 records" is a problem then it's probably best to re-think the paradigm.
I don't think the "a button in X is 40% heavier than an SPA" is a fair comparison; including a framework will add weight, but these frameworks are not intended for single components. Compare apples to apples, then we can make a fair comparison.
That said, how does Nue compare to htmx and other frameworks leveraging the modern web standards?
How is Vite relevant to the discussion? It's like saying the UI based on Visual Studio is lighter.
I resonate with what you're saying so I'm mostly just curious how long you've been developing front end code. I think those who have had had to run the gauntlet of naked JS in the 90s developed the discipline to intuitively code untyped.
I've been enjoying JS since it was first added to Netscape and I also loathe the creeping bloat that is endemic to web development these days.
In the event that I want an "intellisense" dropdown capability in a project, I'm a big fan of JSDoc. I think the bootcamp kiddies these days just don't have enough experience to get by without the intellisense crutch.
Incredible marketing blurb! Not a single bit of detail about how this works
What do you mean by "lighter than a React button"? Do you mean lighter than the entire React runtime, plus a React button?
If so, that's somewhat disingenuous because even though a page with a single button would require the entire runtime, a second React button would be significantly cheaper than that.
flawed example for a framework. Tell me...are 2 buttons going to be 80% heavier? why use react if all you build is a button? you need a tractor to pick your groceries from store?
Nue is a very cool project but if you want people to take the project seriously you should probably tone down your confrontational marketing :)
Also, I checked the demo and there's like 100kB of WASM code you're not taking into consideration in that React button comparison?
Anyway, congrats on the project. I'm really curious to see how the whole vision will turn out.