This is a fascinating look at how MDN rebuilt its frontend around server-rendered HTML, web components, and a clear understanding of where interactivity actually belongs (and how to deliver it).

I particularly appreciated how plainly this post describes a mismatch a lot of teams create for themselves: wrapping largely-static content in an app shell, then shipping a pile of JavaScript just to re-assert what the server already knew. MDN’s new approach feels refreshing, despite being grounded in age-old best practices: Keep the content first-class, treat interactivity as optional (and isolated), and only ship what the page actually needs.

There’s a lot to like here, but more than anything I love seeing MDN embrace an architecture that’s truly aligned with the platform it documents.