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147 points aanthonymax | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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judah ◴[04 Sep 25 16:50 UTC] No.45129306[source]▶
Cache is super useful for making web apps available offline.

I run a guitar chord chart site[0] that uses cache to enable offline experience; any chord charts you view while online are then available offline thanks to cache. It works pretty great. You service worker intercepts HTTP requests and can first check the cache for cached request/responses.

[0]: https://messianicchords.com

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inetknght ◴[04 Sep 25 17:37 UTC] No.45129943[source]▶
> Cache is super useful for making web apps available offline.

... until you find someone who has very low cache available. Or cache gets evicted.

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1. stonogo ◴[04 Sep 25 19:39 UTC] No.45131396[source]▶
Or their computer breaks. Or their electricity cuts off. Or an asteroid hits them.

...things can be super useful without being flawless.