Thanks, @nick.carroll. Awesome overview and explanation.
Indeed.
And along with slaying the “giant” comes lighter weight pages by virtue of fewer DOM elements comprising the page. That is, Bubble pages are far less of a “div soup” with the new engine (which plugin devs will certainly appreciate). These 2 factors alone - less JS and fewer elements - are no doubt responsible for a large fraction of the performance gains.
Looking forward to Bubble getting even leaner, meaner, and easier to use.
-Steve