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The abstractions aren't making this problem the developers without a willingness to work under the abstractions are. I wrote this following tool in less than 9
by austincheney 7y ago
The abstractions aren't making this problem the developers without a willingness to work under the abstractions are.
I wrote this following tool in less than 90 minutes 5 years ago because I had some time left over before presentations at a company hack-a-thon. I updated it recently at about another 90 minutes of time.
https://github.com/prettydiff/semanticText https://github.com/prettydiff/semanticText
That tool was trivial to write and maintain. It has real utility value as an accessibility tool. I could write that tool because I am familiar with the DOM, the layer underneath. Many developers are not even aware of the problems (SEO and accessibility) this tool identifies much less how to write it. jQuery won't get you the necessary functionality.
- mercer 7y agoWhy are so many of your comments of a gate-keeping, self-congratulatory nature, or blanket criticisms of others? I find it frustrating because I do think you have plenty of valuable stuff to say, but you're consistently presenting it in a rather unappealing package and I don't really understand what you get out of that.
- austincheney 7y agoGate-keeping yes, self-congratulatory no. This subject is personally sensitive to me because it has immediate real world consequences that impact my livelihood and choice of employment. I am away from home on a military deployment at this time and I am constantly thinking about what I should do when I return to the real world. I am actively investigating career alternatives by dumping software development, because I honestly believe my career is limited by the general unwillingness of my development peers to address actual engineering concerns out of convenience and insecurity.