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		barrkel on July 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How F5Bot Slurps All of Reddit Yes, but JS is faster than Ruby and Python, and indeed most of your go-to scripting options.

anonytrary on July 31, 2018 [–]

JS has the advantage of being the thing that makes your website run faster on the screen of the user whose clicks are earning you ad dollars. JS is in a good spot.

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