What a glorious homage to fartscroll.js:

https://theonion.github.io/fartscroll.js/

Coincidentally the number of stars this library had over the years was a decent predictor whether a new frontend library/framework was mature enough for adoption.

In other words: if something is less popular than a joke library that makes fart sounds, can it really be considered as having the momentum to go mainstream? For instance, ReasonML struggled for years to beat fartscroll.js. Where is it now?

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random3 2 days ago | parent [-]

— remember iFart?

https://www.wired.com/2008/12/iphone-fart-app/

It got #1 in App Store and made $10k/day

	▲	e1ghtSpace a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Does anyone else find articles from 2008 etc. easier to read? Its like I gloss over it if I think an AI has written the article but when its from ages ago I take more care to actually understand it.
	▲	serf 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I think that's fair historically. Roland made serjeanty and got a mansion/acres for similar work in the 12th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_the_Farter
	▲	grugagag 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yes, that’s what came to my moind as well. I guess those were the golden era for Iphone app devs.
	▲	void-star a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fart noise apps were the first iPhone killer app for a good long stretch in the early days, dominating the app leaderboards for at least half a year. Yep… Humanity is… let’s face it, pretty stupid. I, for one welcome, the latest bubble. And, with it, our new, venerable AI overlords! Mobile^H^H^H^H^H^HAI first!!!!