We recently switched from Node.js + Mathjax for rendering latex to Goja (https://github.com/dop251/goja) + Mathjax, and surprisingly it worked really well. We did this because the app is already 99% golang, and this allows us to eliminate the remaining non-go pieces, greatly simplifying the SBOM. And yes, we tried go-latex, but it's not nearly as feature complete as Mathjax. Not to mention using goja + Mathjax adds 10MB to binary size while Node.js adds 200MB+

I switched to Typst a year ago and never looked back

I don't know why but this chain amuses me: RaTeX -> KaTeX -> LaTeX.

I guess it shows how everyone loves but hates LaTeX and is always trying to bolt on that one last thing that will make it good.

Interesting! Would love to see how RaTeX evolves.

> JS bundle (typical) 0 kB JS (core is WASM)

I guess you should mention how much is WASM, right?

Anybody embed it in a markdown renderer yet?

I wish it was standard for projects to say the extent to which they were vibe coded, in the same way that they give a license.

> JS bundle (typical) 0 kB JS (core is WASM)

Hello?

Trolling aside, I found this kind of Rust-powered typeset modernization promising. I used Typst and liked it. This one would have its own niche too.

I'm sorry but the only thing that truly understands TeX, is, and will forever be, TeX.