From Sun's failed JavaStation in the 90s to modern local-first architecture, web apps have evolved dramatically. This talk explores how the physical distance between computer and user shaped development patterns: from traditional CGI, to client-side SPAs (React/Ember/Angular etc.), to full-stack frameworks and to modern approaches like partial hydration, resumability (Qwik), islands architecture and signals.
This talk was recorded at CopenhagenJS, 5 Dec 2024.
Slides:
speakerdeck.com/molefrog/the-challenges-of-web-apps-what-weve-solved-and-whats-next
Links:
- www.joshwcomeau.com/react/why-react-re-renders/
- [Gemini Nano](medium.com/@kenzic/getting-started-window-ai-in-chrome-c2982efada33) `window.ai`
- [Web Stable Diffusion](websd.mlc.ai/)
- huggingface.co/docs/transformers.js/en/index
- webllm.mlc.ai/
- [Turso](turso.tech/) (SQLite-compatible)
- [PGLite](pglite.dev/) (pg_vector)
- th-cam.com/video/tF70o1Q8VkM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ChromeforDevelopers
- localfirstweb.dev/
- localfirst.fm/
- localfirstconf.com/
- tinybase.org/
- github.com/yjs/yjs
- automerge.org/
- www.instantdb.com/
- jazz.tools/
- sst.dev/
- hono.dev/
- world.hey.com/dhh/once-1-is-entirely-nobuild-for-the-front-end-ce56f6d7
- sunilpai.dev/posts/spatial-compute/
- huggingface.co/spaces/Xenova/doodle-dash
- jamsocket.com/blog/session-backends