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What the heck is going on with Spotify's embedded player that it flashes through no fewer than six different layouts as it loads?

9/1/26, 4:18 pm0 reposts3 likes

Jordan Eldredge

@capt.dev

9 Jan

When I saw it in real time I thought it was some kind of crazy attempt to animate the player in

Brian

@bvaughn.me

10 Jan

Almost no one working on apps like this tests them on slower network speeds or even thinks about that sort of thing.

Jordan Eldredge

@capt.dev

10 Jan

I know you’re right, and yet it feels crazy to think about the person/people working on it and how many times they refreshed and saw all those flashes without getting annoyed enough to fix it 😅