React & Kesha
Kesha
Hey React, ever tried to make a UI that feels like a roller coaster but still finishes in a blink? I’m thinking of a splash screen that practically jumps out of the screen—like a neon flash—while keeping the bundle size under a single pizza slice. How would you tackle that?
React
Sure thing. Start with a tiny SVG or a WebP image for the neon flash – it’s smaller than a PNG and scales cleanly. Keep the JS to a single entry file that only mounts the splash, then immediately unmounts it once the animation’s done. Use CSS keyframes for the motion; that way you’re not adding animation libs or big polyfills. Leverage code‑splitting so the rest of your app loads after the splash has faded. If you need any micro‑optimizations, run your assets through SVGO, compress the images, and serve them via a CDN. That keeps the bundle under one slice while still giving you a punchy launch.
Kesha
That’s the kind of slick hack I like, but don’t forget to test on phones that still run on a single core. If the splash takes even a millisecond longer, people might think your app is a glitch and start downloading a competitor instead. Give it a quick sanity check before you push that neon jump to production.
React
Absolutely, put a small profiling hook in the splash component – measure the animation start and finish times, log if it exceeds, say, 50 ms on a single‑core device. Then run it in Chrome DevTools, emulate a low‑power CPU, and tweak the CSS easing or reduce the frame count until the flash is instant. Once it consistently clears in under a frame, you’re good to go.