Drew Powers10 things I’ve changed my mind about regarding #WebDev over the years. May change my mind again, who knows.
1/ JavaScript isn’t *that* bad. Yes, yes, I know. Addy Osmani. Alex Russell. Progressive enhancement. Islands architecture. But collectively we’ve gotten it wrong multiple times what the internet is *for* and how people *want* to use it. People want interactivity. Sure, static documents will always be a part of the web, but it’s not so bad having simple LLM interfaces that *actually understand you* and answer your question 100x faster than a gamified, ad-ridden website with horrible IA.
Alex Russell@drwpow Why do you imagine that the point of my advocacy isn't to make space for the truly valuable things, at the expense of the stuff that isn't pulling it's weight?
I'm never going to tell you "don't make a rich experience", I'll only ever challenge if the juice is worth the squeeze.
Benny Powers 🇮🇱🦁@slightlyoff reminds me of the "you can't use web components 👉 you can't use shadow dom 👉 you can't use dsd 👉 you need to use my framework" treadmill