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Whenever I am reading about something in the vain of "boring tech" they miss the following: 1) The first is that many developers don't understand how to do any

Whenever I am reading about something in the vain of "boring tech" they miss the following: 1) The first is that many developers don't understand how to do anything simply. Doing things simply normally means actually thinking about what you are doing before hand and it doesn't feel productive. 2) Many developers don't understand how the underlying tech works. I've been working with developers that are working on a web product and I am absolutely sure they haven't done the w3cschools (or similar) HTML and/or CSS tutorials. Which are really basic things (here is what a h1 is for) 3) There is no-incentive for developers to do things simply. Much of the industry wants to pay people who know how to build something in <complicated enterprisey product> or <complicated opensource product>. They don't want people to provide solution built on "boring tech". I don't see any of those changing anytime soon unfortunately.

scim-knox-twox 5y ago
Exactly that! Many developers don't understand any basics. We're 20 years since HTML4 and still many developers are using `<a />` instead `<button />`... It's of course only one from many examples. A lot of people (devs, designers, pms etc.) don't understand... nothing. They don't understand that someone may have poorer eyesight, that many people have slow Internet speed etc. I'm getting tired of using the Internet, practically to every site I have some criticisms (forcing to open links in a new tab...).
- YEwSdObPQT 5y ago
  > Many developers don't understand any basics. We're 20 years since HTML4 and still many developers are using `<a />` instead `<button />`... I have literally been doing this for the last year when reviewing PRs. "What is the difference?" I am asked. One is an anchor and one is a button and they mean different things and are supposed to be used for different things. It is infuriating to simply link the first or second result on google and quote just to throw it in peoples faces. I feel like a dick quite frankly but nobody bothers.
  - scim-knox-twox 5y ago
    I used to be eager to point this out, and often wrote to site owners with a list of notes. Some thanked and corrected, others ignored. But now I don't have the strength for it anymore, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who cares about quality. Now I've even limited the use of the Internet as much as possible, because practically every website is badly made, and it's unpleasant to use them [example from an earlier comment: if I want to open a link in a new tab, I'll do it myself. You don't have to force it (of course I know that exactly this problem is the fault of marketers and attempts to falsify statistics)].
    - YEwSdObPQT 5y ago
      I've pretty much given up. I do contracts now and just run the wheels off the contract and then move on. There is no point being invested. If quality doesn't come from the top, you might as well be King Cnut telling the tide not to rise.

scim-knox-twox 5y ago

Exactly that! Many developers don't understand any basics. We're 20 years since HTML4 and still many developers are using `<a />` instead `<button />`... It's of course only one from many examples. A lot of people (devs, designers, pms etc.) don't understand... nothing. They don't understand that someone may have poorer eyesight, that many people have slow Internet speed etc. I'm getting tired of using the Internet, practically to every site I have some criticisms (forcing to open links in a new tab...).

YEwSdObPQT 5y ago
> Many developers don't understand any basics. We're 20 years since HTML4 and still many developers are using `<a />` instead `<button />`... I have literally been doing this for the last year when reviewing PRs. "What is the difference?" I am asked. One is an anchor and one is a button and they mean different things and are supposed to be used for different things. It is infuriating to simply link the first or second result on google and quote just to throw it in peoples faces. I feel like a dick quite frankly but nobody bothers.
- scim-knox-twox 5y ago
  I used to be eager to point this out, and often wrote to site owners with a list of notes. Some thanked and corrected, others ignored. But now I don't have the strength for it anymore, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who cares about quality. Now I've even limited the use of the Internet as much as possible, because practically every website is badly made, and it's unpleasant to use them [example from an earlier comment: if I want to open a link in a new tab, I'll do it myself. You don't have to force it (of course I know that exactly this problem is the fault of marketers and attempts to falsify statistics)].
  - YEwSdObPQT 5y ago
    I've pretty much given up. I do contracts now and just run the wheels off the contract and then move on. There is no point being invested. If quality doesn't come from the top, you might as well be King Cnut telling the tide not to rise.