✧✦Catherine✦✧4d ago

i feel so validated in that when someone first pointed me to "create-react-app" (several someones actually) like it's a normal way to do frontend dev in the year 201X/202Y i ran it, concluded the output was dogshit, got into a minor fight over it and then never touched it again

turns out it is in fact dogshit, professionals agree!

Show threadSharp Cheddar Goblin4d ago
@whitequark I had wandered away from web dev for I while and poked my head into it a bit ago, saw the hellscape that sprung up in the meantime, and decided I wanted nothing to do with it, ever again. I feel sorrow for frontend devs in 2026.
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧

@SharpCheddarGoblin it's fine though

just don't use the hellscape. the webdev is fine. the browser APIs are fine. the bundlers aren't dogshit anymore

it's not the web tech that's a problem so much as institutional cruft

Apr 10 at 4:26pmWeb