The caching justification felt very contrived to me. I'd guess that the percentage of users with broken cache handling is lower than the percentage of users with javascript disabled. I'd rather not guess, but the author didn't provide any actual evidence that this is a problem.
If your cache headers are set incorrectly, you should probably fix that instead of reworking your entire site.
It's true that the caching argument seemed contrived (and was, in a sense), so I've added an edit to it to take your comments, as well as others, into consideration, and to make them known to other readers. Thanks for the feedback.
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The caching justification felt very contrived to me. I'd guess that the percentage of users with broken cache handling is lower than the percentage of users with javascript disabled. I'd rather not guess, but the author didn't provide any actual evidence that this is a problem.
If your cache headers are set incorrectly, you should probably fix that instead of reworking your entire site.
It's true that the caching argument seemed contrived (and was, in a sense), so I've added an edit to it to take your comments, as well as others, into consideration, and to make them known to other readers. Thanks for the feedback.