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"The web was done by amateurs." - Alan Kay

• kabes 8y ago
  The context of that quote had nothing to do with what this article is about.
  • psyc 8y ago
    I really don't care, because it's important enough to repeat in any discussion about rebuilding the Web. Involve some real systems people. Design a real app platform, with multi-language support, especially compiled languages. Have a cohesive end to end development story.
    • bitL 8y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect
      • psyc 8y ago
        If current web stacks aren't bloated and over-engineered, then I don't know what would qualify.
        • bitL 8y ago
          Imagine it would get even worse ;-)
          • psyc 8y ago
            It’d be nice if there was a possibility of real competition at the basic platform level. The browser model is so entrenched, yet it still amazes me that we’ve been stuck with it for two decades.
• lovemenot 8y ago
  Life was done by amateurs - Charles Darwin
• pippo72 8y ago
  https://www.amazon.com/Web-Was-Done-Amateurs-Reflection/dp/3319900072/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 https://www.amazon.com/Web-Was-Done-Amateurs-Reflection/dp/3...