Frontend Obesity

Core claim

If a page mostly publishes text, links, and structured content, it should not require a client-side application runtime to become readable.

Main argument

Static HTML is not primitive. It is the substrate the browser is built to render, index, navigate, cache, and preserve.

Counterpoint

Interactive tools, dashboards, and serious product interfaces can justify heavier client runtimes. The problem is not JavaScript. The problem is using application machinery where documents would work better.

Final cut

A personal site about systems judgment should demonstrate systems judgment.