I kind of hope dang does this just once, maybe on April 1, just deploys the site exactly as is - same layout, same design, same font, no extra features, just as a PWA.
People would lose their minds, but they couldn't post the typical complaint because that would mean running javascript. They would just have to sit there staring at a blank page, malding.
What would be the benefit of making HN a PWA?
What would be the benefits of this?Hundreds of man hours+maintenance, for what purpose exactly? It's working perfectly as it is.
Adding a shortcut to your homepage is really easy if you're that addicted to HN: https://lifehacker.com/how-to-add-a-website-shortcut-to-your...
As someone pointed out in another thread, Y Combinator probably doesn't put a lot of resources (money or human) into HN, so I doubt this a high priority. If it's a priority at all.
Never touch a running system?
Something I like about HN is that it isn't a moving target. It doesn't seem anxious about keeping up with the joneses techwise.
I haven't really noticed many changes in the 10+ years I've wasted lurking here and that's a beautiful thing. It's also in stark contrast with most of the rest of the software I interact with.