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> Why do we need npm or babel at all to make a simple web frontend? See, that's a reasonable argument: many companies tend to reach for complex web tooling whe
by phailhaus 5y ago
> Why do we need npm or babel at all to make a simple web frontend?
See, that's a reasonable argument: many companies tend to reach for complex web tooling when simpler tools would do for the task at hand. But that's not what the author is arguing. He's convinced that none of this tooling should have ever been produced in the first place, it exists solely to stroke the egos of their creators, and anyone who uses it is stupid. That's just absurd. I've worked on complex client-based applications that would have been an order of magnitude more difficult to develop, maintain, and refactor without React.
- Handytinge 5y agoWouldn't you agree though that the vast majority of clients don't have that complex a need? These tools are taught to new developers as "the way things are", yet a significant portion of them statistically must be working in lower complexity environments that may not be serves by this level of tooling.
- phailhaus 5y agoSure, but again, the author is explicitly not arguing that. Look: > They keep inventing "revolutionary new ways" of doing the same thing that could be done in a dozen ways already. And they do that by coating more and more and more unnecessary complexity on top of existing technology stacks. He's mad that the tools exist at all. He's going after the people making them, not just using them.