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This article is more of a longing for the past than any concrete idea on how the web should be rebuilt. Not only that, but it sounds like the ramblings of someo
by marsrover 9y ago
This article is more of a longing for the past than any concrete idea on how the web should be rebuilt. Not only that, but it sounds like the ramblings of someone who isn't merely longing for the past but stuck in it.
Is not being able to copy code from Facebook using view source killing the web? Of course not. If you are just starting out there are more resources available now than ever.
And I hope to God we never have a web built on block chain technology.
- purple-again 9y agoIt’s a bad example too. There are so ducking many ‘let’s clone Facebook to learn x language’ guides that yes anyone of any skill level should be able to build Facebook right now without relying on view source because there are step by step tutorials! Now if he means you can’t build Facebook the service...we’ll yeah Google didn’t go around telling everyone in the 90’s how it’s algorithms wirked either. But you can clone Googles website super easy!
- nlstitch 9y agoMy thoughts exactly. It's constant complaining and referencing old tech.
- jacquesm 9y agoThat reference to old tech may be there because the old tech was sufficient and the new tech has left a gap. Right now there are two webs and they're interwoven to the point that it has become hard to see, but there is the 'web of applications' and the 'web of information'. There is no particular reason why the second should be implemented using the tools for the first.