Jens Oliver MeiertMar 2, 2023

It’s fascinating to note the turns HTML/CSS and JS #frameworks took

All abstractions becoming popular at around the same time

But while #HTML / #CSS frameworks peaked after the market had been flooded and the specs accommodated everyone’s wishes

#JS frameworks, fewer in number, ballooned into ecosystems, and sustain themselves by partially self-inflicted complexity

“The burden of proof is on you, frontend framework stans, not the vanilla Web!”—thank you, @jaredwhite

https://www.spicyweb.dev/the-great-gaslighting-of-the-js-age/

The Great Gaslighting of the JavaScript Era

The age of frontend JavaScript frameworks eating the web world didn’t happen simply because some well-meaning developers found great DX. It happened because we were fed a line.

The Spicy Web
Show threadjec&Mar 2, 2023
@j9t @jaredwhite I think the fact that heavy JS frontends discriminate against and exclude users of less powered devices, is a very important point to make that is not talked about enough.

Tech doesn't exist in a vaccum and the implications of development trends aren't just technical in nature.
Show threadSkrrp Mar 2, 2023

@jec @jaredwhite @j9t Not just less-powered devices but users who cannot use what most of us consider to be a standard device.

I'm thinking of people using screen readers, where the big JS frameworks just fail.

Show threadjec&
@skrrp @jaredwhite @j9t very true.
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