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This code looks like it was written in 2004. Why aren't you using react and nodejs?

ricardobayes 5y ago
Simple is beautiful. Some people don't use frameworks for simple stuff. I sometimes create low-tech websites just using html+css with a minimal jquery. The speed is insane compared to usual web 2.0 sites.
- fabioborellini 5y ago
  I could make it simpler by using 1 scripting language instead of 2. There are almost as many languages as LoC there.
  - nkozyra 5y ago
    I think that's my only point of contention. It's clearly a for fun project but you've already got python there to run the raspi gpio pins why not move the server stuff in there? I'm assuming they learned bare minimum python to get the pi stuff going but that's enough python to run a web server too.
louissan 5y ago
not sure this is a joke or not ... :-) 30MB of dependencies vs a few tens of lines of code? :-)
- politelemon 5y ago
  It's a joke, they're just referencing modern trends in web development and a dose of /r/programmerhumor
  - LilBytes 5y ago
    Shame no one picked up on the sarcasm.
    - louissan 5y ago
      well phew! relieved. I'll try and instantly pick up on those in the future.. :-)
iqanq 5y ago
- zinekeller 5y ago
  I don't know, it seems that most here have been burnt-out of humour. To be fair to them, the burn-out is mainly caused by ignorant managers hearing "Node! React!" and forcing on the developers whether it makes sense or not.
- Zababa 5y ago
  Poe's law, ironic content can be hard to differentiate from non-ironic content, and a proliferation of ironic content will bring the quality of HN down.
- sundarurfriend 5y ago
  There could be other reasons that it's downvoted, even if it's not taken "seriously". The fact that it's a low effort comment that has barely anything to do with the OP, that it's a rehashing of the same old "unpopular opinion" that's not really unpopular here, the fact that it takes a nice little post of a small utility and shifts the tone to something negative just because they have an axe to grind - all of these are other possible options people might downvote this oh-so-ironic comment.
- pjc50 5y ago
  Poe's law: there's nothing so ironic or sarcastic that someone hasn't actually argued for real somewhere. You just can't tell any more. Besides being in text, HN has an international audience. It's really hard to make jokes land, and you usually need to include an explanation to avoid being downvoted.
  - LilBytes 5y ago
    SarCasM CaSE AnD EmoJis HaVE thEre PlACE.
- conqueso 5y ago
  One can never be completely sure through text alone, hence such things as the closing sarcasm tag: </s>
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
NodeJS is last decade; Deno is the one to go for now. But why JS based? Rust is the future, accept no substitutes. It is the perfect language for everything, forever.

Simple is beautiful. Some people don't use frameworks for simple stuff. I sometimes create low-tech websites just using html+css with a minimal jquery. The speed is insane compared to usual web 2.0 sites.

fabioborellini 5y ago
I could make it simpler by using 1 scripting language instead of 2. There are almost as many languages as LoC there.
- nkozyra 5y ago
  I think that's my only point of contention. It's clearly a for fun project but you've already got python there to run the raspi gpio pins why not move the server stuff in there? I'm assuming they learned bare minimum python to get the pi stuff going but that's enough python to run a web server too.

louissan 5y ago

not sure this is a joke or not ... :-) 30MB of dependencies vs a few tens of lines of code? :-)

politelemon 5y ago
It's a joke, they're just referencing modern trends in web development and a dose of /r/programmerhumor
- LilBytes 5y ago
  Shame no one picked up on the sarcasm.
  - louissan 5y ago
    well phew! relieved. I'll try and instantly pick up on those in the future.. :-)

iqanq 5y ago

zinekeller 5y ago
I don't know, it seems that most here have been burnt-out of humour. To be fair to them, the burn-out is mainly caused by ignorant managers hearing "Node! React!" and forcing on the developers whether it makes sense or not.
Zababa 5y ago
Poe's law, ironic content can be hard to differentiate from non-ironic content, and a proliferation of ironic content will bring the quality of HN down.
sundarurfriend 5y ago
There could be other reasons that it's downvoted, even if it's not taken "seriously". The fact that it's a low effort comment that has barely anything to do with the OP, that it's a rehashing of the same old "unpopular opinion" that's not really unpopular here, the fact that it takes a nice little post of a small utility and shifts the tone to something negative just because they have an axe to grind - all of these are other possible options people might downvote this oh-so-ironic comment.
pjc50 5y ago
Poe's law: there's nothing so ironic or sarcastic that someone hasn't actually argued for real somewhere. You just can't tell any more. Besides being in text, HN has an international audience. It's really hard to make jokes land, and you usually need to include an explanation to avoid being downvoted.
- LilBytes 5y ago
  SarCasM CaSE AnD EmoJis HaVE thEre PlACE.
conqueso 5y ago
One can never be completely sure through text alone, hence such things as the closing sarcasm tag: </s>

Cthulhu_ 5y ago

NodeJS is last decade; Deno is the one to go for now. But why JS based? Rust is the future, accept no substitutes. It is the perfect language for everything, forever.