Instead of an omnibus mega-post, this investigation into JavaScript-first frontend culture and how it broke US public services has been released in four parts:

Reckoning: Part 1 — The Landscape
https://infrequently.org/2024/08/the-landscape/
Reckoning: Part 2 — Object Lesson
https://infrequently.org/2024/08/object-lesson/
Reckoning: Part 3 — Caprock
https://infrequently.org/2024/08/caprock/
Reckoning: Part 4 — The Way Out
https://infrequently.org/2024/08/the-way-out/

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Reckoning: Part 1 — The Landscape

It would be tragic if public sector services adopted the JavaScript-heavy stacks that frontend influencers have popularised. Right?

Alex Russell