Noam RosenthalDec 18, 2022

A #webperf thought after profiling some sites in the wild:

Look at the different parts of the DOM tree & JS that your users get. Do they look like...

1. Your mental model as a dev
2. Your org-chart, how your teams are set up
3. How users experience your site

If it's not (3), perhaps your tools are wasteful?

Show threadRyan Townsend (old account)Dec 18, 2022
@noam you missed 4. a jumbled mess that's so far separated from the code you write that you've little hope of understanding how it'll really act or perform in production based on your local view 😰
Show threadNoam RosenthalDec 18, 2022
@ryantownsend point taken! Though often in these cases I wonder if your org is also a mess and this is really (2) 😈
Show threadRyan Townsend (old account)Dec 18, 2022
@noam it doesn't take more than one developer doing resume- or FOMO- driven development to unnecessarily adopt an SPA framework and complex build tools.
Show threadNoam RosenthalDec 18, 2022
@ryantownsend ok that would be (1) - your users get the DOM and JS that look like your FOMO and response to hype
Show threadRyan Townsend (old account)
@noam ah yes, I misunderstood that point – I was reading "mental model" more in terms of code structured based on a limited understanding / non-user focused view of the problem, rather than bringing emotional baggage along for the ride!
Dec 18, 2022 at 2:31pmWeb