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Angular It’s You, Not Me – A Breakup Letter

31 points by treyhuffine 9y ago

hdtl 9y ago
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15821725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15821725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15817843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15817843
cpt1138 9y ago
Not up to speed on all the history. "Yes, I know the “real” explanation as to why you skipped an entire major version. We both know the truth though, don’t we A my sweet. Well I’m not a complete fiend. Your secret is safe with me." Could someone explain what he's talking about here?
- treyhuffine 9y ago
  It was in order to keep with SEMVER. Everything Angular was version 2 except for Angular Router, which was version 3. So the team decided to make the next major version 4 to keep them all aligned. http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-going-to-be.html http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-...
  - _JamesA_ 9y ago
    That makes perfect sense. Unlike this sexually charged fanboi blog post.
RodericDay 9y ago
The way this is written is incredibly cringeworthy. > I’ve been seeing someone else and I don’t care if you know. They have things you’ll never have. Immutable state. Sexy ass .jsx. Ooooo .jsx. Aint never seen something like you before .jsx. Mingling JavaScript with HTML? In one file? You nasty. And that rendering speed though. Muy caliente.
- cholantesh 9y ago
  Thanks for saving me the click.
stevebmark 9y ago
Hey guys, just FYI, don't make sexual analogies between you and technologies in blog posts like this. It's super creepy! Edit: The breakup analogy, while stupid, isn't that creepy, but personifying technologies as sexual relationships sure is. We're technologists, this post can be just as entertaining if the title is "Why I'm No Longer Using Angular"
- tdb7893 9y ago
  I think it's all part of the joke that it's creepy.
- apeacox 9y ago
  Maybe it’s creepy for you or a bunch of others. I find it funny, at least until it’s used with caution and in the right contexts. We’re adults, sex and technology (along with a lot of other things) are parts of our life, I really don’t see the problem here.
  - pwinnski 9y ago
    There is a wide range of human experience, but they are not all appropriate for this context specifically.
    - owebmaster 9y ago
      It is a lot more creepy people who can't see a sexual analogy without freaking out.
  - stevebmark 9y ago
    Why do you think your opinion matters that you think something shitty is funny? Default to listening, not arguing in something that's not an argument.
    - owebmaster 9y ago
      Chill bro. Innocent sexual statements are a trigger for you?
tzahola 9y ago
Cringe
icholy 9y ago
TLDR: * Angular has too many breaking changes * Not a fan of TypeScript * Switching to React * Enjoys writing cringey posts... how is this trash on the front page?
- echelon 9y ago
  I flagged this submission. Content like this shouldn't make it on HN. I think it got voted up without people having read the article.
  - warlyware 9y ago
    I am the author of the article. Only meant to make people chuckle, not to offend. It’s just a silly little one-off article that happened to catch some eyes. Sincere apologies to anyone offended by it. I can see how it is not everyone’s cup of tea.
    - alexozer 9y ago
      I wouldn't let the HN rabblement get to you too much, I thought it was kind of amusing and silly. There's a huge survivorship bias favoring those who are willing to be vocal about not being able to find humor in certain things. Personifying technology isn't allowed to be funny? I don't buy it. I say, loosen up.
mcescalante 9y ago
You can write Angular 2+ in ES6 (but there are no docs for pure JS). Angular 4 is completely backwards compatible with 2. I upgraded multiple applications at work without changing code. It doesn't seem like the author used Angular 2+ in production much. It just sounds like he was sick of the Angular ecosystem/releases and was ready to move on
SurrealSoul 9y ago
Eh? "I'm moving from angular to react because of jsx"? Am I missing something here between the sexual analogies?
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joecot 9y ago
> And where’s your ReactNative sweetheart? It's called NativeScript https://www.nativescript.org/ https://www.nativescript.org/

31 points by treyhuffine 9y ago

hdtl 9y ago

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15821725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15821725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15817843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15817843

cpt1138 9y ago

Not up to speed on all the history. "Yes, I know the “real” explanation as to why you skipped an entire major version. We both know the truth though, don’t we A my sweet. Well I’m not a complete fiend. Your secret is safe with me." Could someone explain what he's talking about here?

treyhuffine 9y ago
It was in order to keep with SEMVER. Everything Angular was version 2 except for Angular Router, which was version 3. So the team decided to make the next major version 4 to keep them all aligned. http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-going-to-be.html http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-...
- _JamesA_ 9y ago
  That makes perfect sense. Unlike this sexually charged fanboi blog post.

RodericDay 9y ago

The way this is written is incredibly cringeworthy. > I’ve been seeing someone else and I don’t care if you know. They have things you’ll never have. Immutable state. Sexy ass .jsx. Ooooo .jsx. Aint never seen something like you before .jsx. Mingling JavaScript with HTML? In one file? You nasty. And that rendering speed though. Muy caliente.

cholantesh 9y ago
Thanks for saving me the click.

stevebmark 9y ago

Hey guys, just FYI, don't make sexual analogies between you and technologies in blog posts like this. It's super creepy! Edit: The breakup analogy, while stupid, isn't that creepy, but personifying technologies as sexual relationships sure is. We're technologists, this post can be just as entertaining if the title is "Why I'm No Longer Using Angular"

tdb7893 9y ago
I think it's all part of the joke that it's creepy.
apeacox 9y ago
Maybe it’s creepy for you or a bunch of others. I find it funny, at least until it’s used with caution and in the right contexts. We’re adults, sex and technology (along with a lot of other things) are parts of our life, I really don’t see the problem here.
- pwinnski 9y ago
  There is a wide range of human experience, but they are not all appropriate for this context specifically.
  - owebmaster 9y ago
    It is a lot more creepy people who can't see a sexual analogy without freaking out.
- stevebmark 9y ago
  Why do you think your opinion matters that you think something shitty is funny? Default to listening, not arguing in something that's not an argument.
  - owebmaster 9y ago
    Chill bro. Innocent sexual statements are a trigger for you?

tzahola 9y ago

Cringe

icholy 9y ago

TLDR: * Angular has too many breaking changes * Not a fan of TypeScript * Switching to React * Enjoys writing cringey posts... how is this trash on the front page?

echelon 9y ago
I flagged this submission. Content like this shouldn't make it on HN. I think it got voted up without people having read the article.
- warlyware 9y ago
  I am the author of the article. Only meant to make people chuckle, not to offend. It’s just a silly little one-off article that happened to catch some eyes. Sincere apologies to anyone offended by it. I can see how it is not everyone’s cup of tea.
  - alexozer 9y ago
    I wouldn't let the HN rabblement get to you too much, I thought it was kind of amusing and silly. There's a huge survivorship bias favoring those who are willing to be vocal about not being able to find humor in certain things. Personifying technology isn't allowed to be funny? I don't buy it. I say, loosen up.

mcescalante 9y ago

You can write Angular 2+ in ES6 (but there are no docs for pure JS). Angular 4 is completely backwards compatible with 2. I upgraded multiple applications at work without changing code. It doesn't seem like the author used Angular 2+ in production much. It just sounds like he was sick of the Angular ecosystem/releases and was ready to move on

SurrealSoul 9y ago

Eh? "I'm moving from angular to react because of jsx"? Am I missing something here between the sexual analogies?

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joecot 9y ago

> And where’s your ReactNative sweetheart? It's called NativeScript https://www.nativescript.org/ https://www.nativescript.org/