🚀 Wow, folks, an "exciting" new browser library that magically measures paragraph heights without touching the DOM! 🎩✨ Because, clearly, the world was crying out for more efficient text rendering effects while we all wait for Web 3.0 to reinvent #scrollbars. 🙄
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/29/pretext/ #excitingbrowserlibrary #textmeasuring #webdevelopment #Web3 #HackerNews #ngated
Pretext

Exciting new browser library from Cheng Lou, previously a React core developer and the original creator of the react-motion animation library. Pretext solves the problem of calculating the height of …

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