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Author here: over the years this has been my prime strategy on building new stuff. First jQuery Tools, then Head JS, later Riot JS. Happy to talk about minimali

Author here: over the years this has been my prime strategy on building new stuff. First jQuery Tools, then Head JS, later Riot JS. Happy to talk about minimalism on this weird announcement day. Happy holidays!

fovc 7y ago
How do you weigh minimalism in a build vs. buy decision?
- tipiirai 7y ago
  It's a strategy. To use minimalism as a competitive advantage. In an attempt to build products that are compelling. People only buy products they want.
  - pknopf 7y ago
    See https://meta.sr.ht/ https://meta.sr.ht/
cxr 7y ago
The link for the Disqus bullet (to try your alternative commenting system at the bottom of the page) is broken. It points to: https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-development-skill#comments https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-de... ... but what you want is: https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-development-skill#minimalist-commenting https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-de... Two things suggest you've still got some work to do cutting out the crap: 1. The commenting widget manages to foil my ability to select text and keep it selected. 2. If I disable JS (see #1) and reload the page, I just see one big blob of gray-green-blue.
- tipiirai 7y ago
  The link is now fixed. I'll look the other two issues after the Christmas chores. The JavaScript-disabled issue is probably non-trivial, but obviously doable. Thanks!
buckminster 7y ago
Without javascript this shows a blank page. And it's about minimalism?
- tipiirai 7y ago
  It's a bug. Not related to minimalism :) Thanks.
  - anderspitman 7y ago
    Ok, but now you have to tell us whether the bug was in your code or a dependency, and tell the truth!
    - tipiirai 7y ago
      The bug is on our code.
      - anderspitman 7y ago
        tsk tsk if you had used a dependency it would have been bug-free /s
        tipiirai 7y ago
        Yup. In case all the dependencies are bug-free.
        tipiirai 7y ago
        Another valid option is to fix bugs. Now the page renders nicely with JavaScript disabled.

fovc 7y ago

How do you weigh minimalism in a build vs. buy decision?

tipiirai 7y ago
It's a strategy. To use minimalism as a competitive advantage. In an attempt to build products that are compelling. People only buy products they want.
- pknopf 7y ago
  See https://meta.sr.ht/ https://meta.sr.ht/

cxr 7y ago

The link for the Disqus bullet (to try your alternative commenting system at the bottom of the page) is broken. It points to: https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-development-skill#comments https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-de... ... but what you want is: https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-development-skill#minimalist-commenting https://volument.com/blog/minimalism-the-most-undervalued-de... Two things suggest you've still got some work to do cutting out the crap: 1. The commenting widget manages to foil my ability to select text and keep it selected. 2. If I disable JS (see #1) and reload the page, I just see one big blob of gray-green-blue.

tipiirai 7y ago
The link is now fixed. I'll look the other two issues after the Christmas chores. The JavaScript-disabled issue is probably non-trivial, but obviously doable. Thanks!

buckminster 7y ago

Without javascript this shows a blank page. And it's about minimalism?

tipiirai 7y ago
It's a bug. Not related to minimalism :) Thanks.
- anderspitman 7y ago
  Ok, but now you have to tell us whether the bug was in your code or a dependency, and tell the truth!
  - tipiirai 7y ago
    The bug is on our code.
    - anderspitman 7y ago
      tsk tsk if you had used a dependency it would have been bug-free /s
      - tipiirai 7y ago
        Yup. In case all the dependencies are bug-free.
      - tipiirai 7y ago
        Another valid option is to fix bugs. Now the page renders nicely with JavaScript disabled.