IngwiePhoenix on Nostr: My, by far, biggest gripe with React is the size. We have very spotty internet here ...

My, by far, biggest gripe with React is the size. We have very spotty internet here in germany and while it has gotten better, I ocassionally still stare at a loading page for a solid minute because the frontend is still busy pulling down all its stuff. And that /bothers/ me so much xD. Like, okay, that frontend is fancy and stuff, but if it's 10megs it's more a burden on me than if it was a plain page. Especially if it's just something simple like checking if my bus is going or not - seconds can matter in this case. That is why I use a dedicated app (DB Navigator) because I can not deal with waiting for a frontend to load up when it is literally mission critical.

And that has happened before, which is why I even went for the app instead, knowing full well of the tracking. It's simply faster to wait for a JSON API call than for a whole frontend to build up, knowing full well that I have 1 minute to make a decision to run to the left or right to catch a train, for whose follow-up I will have to wait a full hour if I miss it.

I vividly remember having to wait in Frankfurt for two hours for another train because the website of the train company (Deutsche Bahn) had let me down in loading in time. By the time I had my info and ran to the platform, the train was deparding and I was there watching it's chugachug into the distance. Saddest cheeseburger I have probably ever omnommed at McDonnalds ('twas probably a multiple...cuz...frustration. xD)