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Goodbye JavaScript: Introducing our CSS API Client

What's this blog post about?

In a tongue-in-cheek blog post, Algolia announced the launch of their CSS API Client. They argue that CSS is a powerful language and can be used to style websites in just a few years. The company believes that JavaScript is not mature enough for their needs and has decided to eliminate it altogether. They claim that their entire search engine can be exposed using only CSS, which works offline and offers unlimited operations. Algolia also removed features such as data replication, analytics, and support, but added support for flexbox. The company is now working on a new Machine Learning processing pipeline in CSS.

Company
Algolia

Date published
March 2, 2023

Author(s)
Tim Carry

Word count
722

Language
English

Hacker News points
None found.


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