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I haven't worked in React (or frontend) in a long time, but your response is similar to how I have/would try to think about those problems. It seemed (when I wa

I haven't worked in React (or frontend) in a long time, but your response is similar to how I have/would try to think about those problems. It seemed (when I was paying attention to React) that thinking was less common and most tools pushed you away from it? Which also kind of pushed me away from React as a tool.

richeyryan 6y ago
React and frontend in general has a new starters problem. Its a lot of people's first interaction with tech. For better or worse I feel a lot of library maintainers and community aim to cater to the beginner. On one hand it makes things accessible and lets people get their start in the way I could mess around with CSS on MySpace or other people could copy code out of computer magazines. On the other hand, it leads to what we might call the PHP problem. Lots of low skill, low experience developers influencing what solutions and approaches become conventional. I've found people in the community that share my general outlook and I follow what they're doing. I also act as my own compass, letting my experience and the lessons I've learned from other ecosystems like Clojure and OCaml guide my approach. I'm at a stage in my career where I'm leading projects and can lay out the full vision. The developers I work with seem to appreciate the value in my approach and the problems I'm solving so its working out for now. I'm also gently trying to advocate on here and on Reddit and write blog posts to show how this stuff can be done. I don't think it will change the direction of the community but it at least clarifies what I think and why I think it.