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I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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Parse error: blind to rank in conversations Meaning ignoring class/hierarchy when speaking with others

I occasionally work with a guy who opens every email with "Hey " regardless of who it is and it always struck me as informal. I wonder if it's a similar rank-blindness in conversations.

Americans increasingly do that all the time. It's super weird as a (relatively) young American to treat anybody differently from anybody else.

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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One thing I've noticed is that almost all new web frameworks I come across nowadays seems to be catered towards search engine optimization (i.e.: getting 99/100 on Google PageSpeed Insights).

Are you confusing SEO with performance? Lighthouse does have a SEO category but it isn't exposed through the PSI web app.

Google uses (or at least used to use) page speed results as one of the ranking factors for their SERP .

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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relevant but also self-promo:

I build https://kinopio.club a spatial thinking tool that's also (I hope) a good website. I'm only one person without the resources to build separate ios/android apps so the website needs to work everywhere and be fast and responsive

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you confusing SEO with performance? Lighthouse does have a SEO category but it isn't exposed through the PSI web app.

Google uses (or at least used to use) page speed results as one of the ranking factors for their SERP .

AFAIK they still use it, and it plays a huge role (based on my fairly limited experience). A couple months back I did a little consulting on the side with a small ecommerce store that had recently struggled to get any traffic despite all their SEO analytics showing green except for page speed. They ranked poorly for just about every keyword that they had previous been doing well on.

Bit of CDN/Caching, upped them to a better hosting plan and they're back on track again - rankings are back to normal and page speed is way up.

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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How does the OP define “good” web apps? Apps that are pleasant to use? Apps that solve a problem?

pleasant/enjoyable to use was my interpretation, which I think is a sufficiently high bar that few websites (and native apps for that matter) meet

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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relevant but also self-promo: I build https://kinopio.club a spatial thinking tool that's also (I hope) a good website. I'm only one person without the resources to build separate ios/android apps so the website needs to work everywhere and be fast and responsive

The animations are causing me distress. They're jittery as opposed to bouncy.

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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relevant but also self-promo: I build https://kinopio.club a spatial thinking tool that's also (I hope) a good website. I'm only one person without the resources to build separate ios/android apps so the website needs to work everywhere and be fast and responsive

The animations are causing me distress. They're jittery as opposed to bouncy.

Which animations? I def would want to fix/tweak that

Re: I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I occasionally work with a guy who opens every email with "Hey " regardless of who it is and it always struck me as informal. I wonder if it's a similar rank-blindness in conversations.

Americans increasingly do that all the time. It's super weird as a (relatively) young American to treat anybody differently from anybody else.

I feel like in the American workplace we’re expected to be casual and friendly with everyone while also being acutely aware of rank. So if your boss sends a silly meme, you might want to reply with another silly meme. But if you go over your boss’s head and send an unsolicited “hey ” email, you might still be in for repercussions. Just because everyone is on a first name basis and drinks beer together at happy hour doesn’t mean they’re really on equal footing.
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