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It amazes me how much the software industry is like the fashion industry. Do you honestly base your technology decisions on what brand names are attached to the

• xiaoma 11y ago
  It's not about brand name. It's about being proven in production use. This is why Google's brand doesn't mean much in Angular's case (since most of their own products do not use Angular).
  • marknutter 11y ago
    Your comment strikes me as incredibly naive. Angular was written to tackle the task of re-writing the front-end of Double-Click, by far their most profitable application. Google is putting a ton of resources into Polymer, which is powering more and more of their mission critical properties, so Angular hasn't had the benefit of being blessed by the wider organization as the one, true way of doing things. I think that's a good thing, frankly. The group-think coming out of Facebook is unnerving to say the least. You should step outside the Hacker News bubble and do a little research into just how widespread Angular usage is. You will find that it's staggering. Google's name means a lot, even if they haven't gone all in on using Angular for everything. Don't get me wrong, I think React is a fresh new take on web development, but when I see people say "because Facebook™" it makes me cringe, hard.
• paulddraper 11y ago
  Software is (mostly) about function. Fashion isn't. When something functions on massive scale, it's commendable, and worth looking at.
  • marknutter 11y ago
    What does scale have to do with front-end development? Front-end code runs on the user's machine. And regardless, it's folly to make decisions based on wanting your code to scale to Facebook level usage.
    • paulddraper 11y ago
      I want to create something that works for lots of users from lots of backgrounds and lots of feature complexity.