So it seems like the BBC is making the Next/React mistake?

*sigh*

@tomski Let me grab a trace...

@tomski Having trouble grabbing one of the "new" site URLs reliably, but you might wonder to yourself, "self, why does it seem like this website briefly blinks out of this mortal plane at the 3-second mark, only to gasp back to life moments later?"

https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=231120_BiDc0F_G83-r%3A1-c%3A0&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=visual

The answer, of course, is React.

@slightlyoff Urgh. That's terrible.
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@slightlyoff @tomski as the first FED employed to work on FOX^H^H^H BBC News, all the way back in '97, I would like to state for the record that this makes me sick in my mouth.