It’s not easy going against the tide. Some time ago, I wrote an article about managing DOM nodes and argued that Vanilla JS is faster than Virtual DOM. These days, I’m revisiting those topics over 3…

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Hajime Yamasaki Vukelic has just finished porting one of his projects to vanilla. He argues that Vanilla JS is faster than Virtual DOM. He also argues that the notion that vanilla development is harder or in any way less enjoyable an experience is fundamentally wrong. Going against the industry standard. But is it worth it?

What Got Me Writing Vanilla JavaScript again

You would like to work with vanilla JavaScript full-time?

<p>Glad this guy did it now I don’t have to! Won’t catch me going back.</p>
