lightweight = small code size
web standards = not node apis (fetch, not http.createClient, etc.)
runs on any JS runtime = runs in deno/node/bun/workers/etc
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But yes the project is meant to be read by someone already in the field.
The people who actually know how to use it.
Yes it seems like a fancy combo of words if you don't know what they mean, but that's true for anything.
This is untrue: it's possible to make things much more accessible than they are here.
You write for an audience. This project could have written a description that works for "most programmers with any background at all in web development." Instead they chose a much narrower audience. People are complaining about that choice.
But it would be more fun to talk about the tech.
1. The OP is not the author of this project.
2. The project author did not know it was going to be directed at a more general audience.
3. They may have prepared the README for that if they knew.
4. Enjoy the tech and stop being so damn nitpicky HN
So to end this, I explained the tech and reason why: