In 2024, high-scale web applications serving 1M+ daily active users face a 300ms TTI budget before user churn spikes 50%—we tested Preact 10.19.0 and Astro 4.16.0 across 10 benchmark scenarios to find which delivers. 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ withastro/astro — 59,040 stars, 3,420 forks 📦 astro — 9,712,628 downloads last month Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license (1529 points) Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive (29 points) Boris Cherny: TI-83 Plus Basic Programming Tutorial (2004) (57 points) Appearing productive in the workplace (1307 points) SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format (360 points) Key Insights Preact 10.19.0 reduces client bundle size by 42% vs React 18, but Astro 4.16.0’s partial hydration cuts total transferred bytes by 68% for content-heavy pages.…