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578 points smusamashah | 4 comments | 19 Dec 24 14:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.65s | source
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johnfn ◴[19 Dec 24 17:48 UTC] No.42463936[source]▶
I think "single HTML file" sets up a certain expectation that a five-thousand-line long HTML file with ~3500 lines of embedded JS doesn't really live up to. I mean, hey, everything can be a single HTML file if you embed the bundle inline in your HTML!

Cool project, though - don't mean to take away anything from it.

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rpdillon ◴[19 Dec 24 18:12 UTC] No.42464173[source]▶
I totally understand your take, but as a guy that spends most of his time on side projects working on single HTML files, I have a different perspective.

I find the totally self-contained nature of them very appealing because it travels well through space and time, and it's incredibly accessible, both online and offline.

My current side project is actually using a WebDAV server to host a wide variety of different single HTML file apps that you can carry around on a USB drive or host on the web. The main trick to these apps is the same trick that TiddlyWiki uses, which is to construct a file in such a way that it can create an updated copy of itself and save it back to the server.

I'm attracted to this approach because it's a way to use relatively modern technologies in a way that is independent from giant corporations that want to hoover up all my data, while also being easy to hack and modify to suit my needs on a day-to-day basis.

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1. johnfn ◴[19 Dec 24 19:46 UTC] No.42465036[source]▶
I think I'd call that "local-first" or perhaps "offline-first". I can't think of a reason why a local-first app would need to be crammed into a single HTML file, hehe. I do agree it's very cool, though!
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2. rpdillon ◴[19 Dec 24 20:37 UTC] No.42465479[source]▶
I tried to allude to this in my response above, but the fundamental reason that they're all crammed into a single file is to make sharing really easy. This is what I meant when I said it travels well through space.
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3. jackvalentine ◴[20 Dec 24 00:25 UTC] No.42467174[source]▶
Same reason excel business apps are one file - easy to move around and share without dependencies going missing!
4. tvmalsv ◴[20 Dec 24 08:27 UTC] No.42469268[source]▶
I definitely get the appeal. It’s analogous to the single file executable. One file to move around, no install process needed, just grab and run. It was the main reason I used to reach for Delphi back in the day for Windows utilities.