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> It's hard to build a great website, particularly one which works well on mobile. > The need to use AMP-the-framework to get instant loading is hopefully a te

> It's hard to build a great website, particularly one which works well on mobile. > The need to use AMP-the-framework to get instant loading is hopefully a temporary one partially fixed by signed exchanges. You know what would really fix this? Developers doing their work. Deeply knowing and understanding the consequences of their work and how everything comes together in the end and leads to a slow website or not. We don't need to put even more power in the hands of Google, because we (as in "some developers") don't know how to do our job right and therefore punish the internet as a whole. There is no valid reason for the use of AMP. It's only there because a) developers fucked up and b) Google forces you to use it. If we would fix a), I'm not sure b) would even be a valid point anymore.

Vinnl 8y ago
> You know what would really fix this? Developers doing their work. That's merely replacing one problem by another, which is: how do you get developers to do their work?
- martin_a 8y ago
  You'll need people that _really_ love their work. I know that's hard to find or to achieve, but it's possible to have some intrinsic motivation to deliver better and better code each day, to grow with your tasks etc. I think most people these days are in for the money and not for "the challenge" which is why we see so much mediocre software. On the other hand there is excellent software too, so there are people who really know what they are doing.
Kalium 8y ago
> You know what would really fix this? Developers doing their work. Deeply knowing and understanding the consequences of their work and how everything comes together in the end and leads to a slow website or not. This is a wonderful idea! It's tragic, then, that nobody has thought to try this for the past several decades...
- martin_a 8y ago
  Seems like nobody has, yeah. Otherwise developers would only laugh about things like AMP and we would have great websites. One can only dream this might happen in the future.

Vinnl 8y ago

> You know what would really fix this? Developers doing their work. That's merely replacing one problem by another, which is: how do you get developers to do their work?

martin_a 8y ago
You'll need people that _really_ love their work. I know that's hard to find or to achieve, but it's possible to have some intrinsic motivation to deliver better and better code each day, to grow with your tasks etc. I think most people these days are in for the money and not for "the challenge" which is why we see so much mediocre software. On the other hand there is excellent software too, so there are people who really know what they are doing.

Kalium 8y ago

> You know what would really fix this? Developers doing their work. Deeply knowing and understanding the consequences of their work and how everything comes together in the end and leads to a slow website or not. This is a wonderful idea! It's tragic, then, that nobody has thought to try this for the past several decades...

martin_a 8y ago
Seems like nobody has, yeah. Otherwise developers would only laugh about things like AMP and we would have great websites. One can only dream this might happen in the future.