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But maybe it comes down to the fact that many developers simply like over engineered solutions and sprinkle some complexity to often boring problems? Not saying

by gedrap 10y ago

But maybe it comes down to the fact that many developers simply like over engineered solutions and sprinkle some complexity to often boring problems? Not saying that it's always the case but surely many of us can recollect related stories :)

masswerk 10y ago
For me, its more about the frameworks shoving between you and the presentation layer. It's not realtime and interactive anymore (rather about packed and delayed update/repaint cycles). Consider what could be done alone using the canvas 2d-context with the current API. There isn't a visual thing that couldn't be done with this. Some may remember the creative wealth of CD-ROMs in the 1990s – we may have all of this, but better. Instead, it seems more about a glorified mark down presentation layer. We really could do better. P.S.: Maybe, this is just an old man's rant about the old days like when PostScript was all written by hand and typo came in stars. But I'm really underwhelmed by the state of creativity on the web.