A Single Page Story

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Argues that the web now has two distinct kinds of apps — native web apps that treat the browser as a runtime and server‑side web apps — and shows concrete fixes: Ampersand.js as a modular toolkit, progressive offline via service workers, and installable manifests. Demonstrates a working WebRTC product (an anonymous video chat) and measures: an Ampersand to‑do MVC is 28k minified gzip and about 40% of an audience favors client‑heavy apps, so performance and modularity decide viability.

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" chapters (7)

1. 0:00Start
2. 0:24Why Am I Here
3. 8:38Two Types of Applications on the Web
4. 13:20What Exactly Is Twitter
5. 18:28Installable Web App
6. 21:09Performance
7. 35:22Flaw in the Human Character Is that Everybody Wants To Build and Nobody Wants To Do Maintenance

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