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yoan9224today at 5:41 PM0 repliesview on HN

The site looks great visually but the technical implementation is disappointing. Here's what's wrong:

1. Code examples are fetched via JS instead of being in the HTML. They're static text - there's zero reason for this.

2. The "0%" loading spinner blocks everything. It's literally just displaying a download button and some text.

3. With JS disabled, you get nothing. A language website should be the poster child for progressive enhancement.

The irony is that Ruby itself has always emphasized developer happiness and doing things "the right way." This site feels like it was built with the modern JS framework mindset rather than the Ruby philosophy.

Still, huge improvement over the 2005-era design. Just wish they'd optimized it properly.