Disable service workers

package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "js": "shx mkdir -p dist/_js && terser src/_js/main.js -cm -o dist/_js/main.js",
     "json": "json-minify src/.webmanifest > dist/.webmanifest",
     "xml": "minify-xml --in-place dist/sitemap.xml && minify-xml --in-place dist/blog.atom && minify-xml --in-place dist/features.atom",
-    "sw": "workbox injectManifest workbox-config.js && terser dist/sw.js -cm -o dist/sw.js",
+    "sw": "terser src/sw.js -cm -o dist/sw.js",
     "copy-img": "shx cp ./node_modules/@browser-logos/{chrome,firefox,node.js,safari}/*.svg src/_css/img/",
     "copy-js": "shx cp ./node_modules/dark-mode-toggle/dist/dark-mode-toggle.min.mjs dist/_js/dark-mode-toggle.mjs",
     "img-video-dimensions": "node add-image-and-video-dimensions.js",
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     "postcss-custom-properties": "^13.0.0",
     "shx": "^0.3.4",
     "superstatic": "^9.0.0",
-    "terser": "^5.16.0",
-    "workbox-cli": "^4.3.1"
+    "terser": "^5.16.0"
   }
 }

src/_js/main.js

@@ -58,12 +58,9 @@
     insertScript('https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js');
   }
 
-  // Install our service worker.
-  if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
-    addEventListener('load', () => {
-      navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw.js');
-    });
-  }
+  // Remove any existing service worker
+  navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations().then(
+    registrations => registrations.forEach(each => each.unregister()));
 
   // Remove UTM garbage from URLs, to make it less likely such links get shared.
   if (location.search.indexOf('utm_source') > -1) {

src/sw.js

@@ -1,23 +1 @@
-// Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// <https://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-importScripts('https://storage.googleapis.com/workbox-cdn/releases/4.0.0-alpha.0/workbox-sw.js');
-
-workbox.core.setCacheNameDetails({
-  prefix: 'v8.dev',
-});
-
-// Note: this is populated at build time.
-workbox.precaching.precacheAndRoute([]);
-
-workbox.skipWaiting();
+// Keep empty until some near future and then remove it.