WTF is module preload in Vite?

Vite's docs are probably a stellar reference if you're already deeply familiar with Vite, but it's pretty challenging to understand the docs if you don't have that deep familiarity. One such instance is the mention of the module preload polyfill on the Backend Integration guide, which is provided with no explanation of what that is. …

Getting my mental model right with Vite

I've paused Go work for a day while I work through learning Vite. I started a public repo for Vite with a Flask back-end. Moving my Vite tests into a permissive dynamically typed language that lets me do whatever I want helped me focus all of my energy on working with Vite. I was surprised …

Tyler vs Vite: another JavaScript Tragedy

Projects are rarely about the thing that I want them to be about. In my recent Headless WP w Go Front-End project, the focus was on learning Go and Go's templates. Instead it turned into the nightmare of trying to slap WordPress into Docker Hub's official PHP container. Nightmare. I'm building a strong suspicion that …