Read and Discuss: "Second-guessing the modern web"

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Sam and Ryan read and discuss Tom MacWright's recent article "Second-guessing the modern web," as well as Rich Harris's response "In defense of the modern web." The articles respectively argue against and for the JavaScript-centric approach to building websites that has taken root over the past ten years and debate issues of performance, architectural complexity, and user experience.

Topics include:

- 6:30 – "Second-guessing the modern web" by Tom MacWright

- 52:27 – Dan Abramov's thoughts on Twitter

- 58:50 – "In defense of the modern web" by Rich Harris

Links:

- ["Second-guessing the modern web" by Tom MacWright](https://macwright.org/2020/05/10/spa-fatigue.html)

- [Dan Abramov's thoughts on Twitter](https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1259614150386425858)

- ["In defense of the modern web" by Rich Harris](https://dev.to/richharris/in-defense-of-the-modern-web-2nia)

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