Mötley Crüe and Mödern JavaScript

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Argues that server-rendering or lightweight Ajax saves complexity compared with full SPAs, citing GitHub’s pjax 2kb approach and Netflix removing client-side React to gain a 50% improvement on their landing page. Points out tool specifics: Gatsby for static React sites, Turbolinks + Stimulus for server-driven interactivity, webpack/npm/yarn costs, and RxJS pitfalls in Angular. Claims current error telemetry shows about 1 billion errors per month processed and many sites see JS errors on ~50% of page loads.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:19Metal music and JavaScript
3. 1:56Who am I
4. 6:47Hell awaits
5. 8:12The Beatles
6. 9:23Sabbath
7. 11:17jQuery
8. 12:24Gmail
9. 14:09Purpose
10. 15:17Dynamic
11. 17:29Ajax
12. 25:38Single Page Applications
13. 31:20Component Isolation
14. 46:44Closing Thoughts

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