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The “Developer Experience” Bait-and-Switch

Posted by spit-evil-olive-tips
Tags: javascript
https://infrequently.org/2018/09/the-developer-experience-bait-and-switch/

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Infrequently Noted
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alex
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    spit-evil-olive-tips
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    Best analogy I've heard all day:

    Best analogy I've heard all day:

    JavaScript is the web’s CO2. We need some of it, but too much puts the entire ecosystem at risk.

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    1. demifiend
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      I prefer to think of JavaScript as if they were CFCs. They're useful at a micro level (your website), but incredibly harmful at a macro level (the web as a platform). Was server-side processing...

      I prefer to think of JavaScript as if they were CFCs. They're useful at a micro level (your website), but incredibly harmful at a macro level (the web as a platform).

      Was server-side processing really that terrible a user experience?

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