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Frankly, I think browser compatibility is one of the nastiest, trickiest bits of web development. I'd want to find any way to avoid that sort of thing. The "liv

Frankly, I think browser compatibility is one of the nastiest, trickiest bits of web development. I'd want to find any way to avoid that sort of thing. The "living standard" model merely describes underlying complexity without resolving any of it, which puts the burden on individual developers. I think we can do better.

mitchtbaum 8y ago
> The "living standard" model merely describes underlying complexity without resolving any of it, which puts the burden on individual developers. Don't blame people when it's their tools that are at fault. "If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking." - Buckminster Fuller
- spenczar5 8y ago
  I'm confused. Can you explain which tool is at fault, and for which problem, here?
  - mitchtbaum 8y ago
    coding needs to be more automatic api changes aren't such a big deal they only seem like it now, because the editor is the primary coding tool code should be generated from content. roughly speaking: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as_data_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as_data_(disambiguation) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation_(compiler) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation_(compiler) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-trip_engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-trip_engineering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-driven_engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-driven_engineering further, I believe: > code is unrefactored config > config is immature content > content is unrefined code
danpeddle 8y ago
Feature queries help a lot, but seem to slip under the radar for a lot of developers. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@supports https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@supports https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/hover#Example https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/hove...

mitchtbaum 8y ago

> The "living standard" model merely describes underlying complexity without resolving any of it, which puts the burden on individual developers. Don't blame people when it's their tools that are at fault. "If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking." - Buckminster Fuller

spenczar5 8y ago
I'm confused. Can you explain which tool is at fault, and for which problem, here?
- mitchtbaum 8y ago
  coding needs to be more automatic api changes aren't such a big deal they only seem like it now, because the editor is the primary coding tool code should be generated from content. roughly speaking: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as_data_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as_data_(disambiguation) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation_(compiler) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation_(compiler) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-trip_engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-trip_engineering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-driven_engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-driven_engineering further, I believe: > code is unrefactored config > config is immature content > content is unrefined code

danpeddle 8y ago

Feature queries help a lot, but seem to slip under the radar for a lot of developers. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@supports https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@supports https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/hover#Example https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/hove...