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This article is just embarrassing. How is a internet tech company so bad at producing basic static webpages? Nothing on the Yelp site needs React or a massive f
by manigandham 5y ago
This article is just embarrassing. How is a internet tech company so bad at producing basic static webpages? Nothing on the Yelp site needs React or a massive frontend framework.
No real-time updates, no complex rendering, no serious in-depth application abilities. The only big JS feature is the maps which can be wired up with relatively little code.
- dewey 5y agoDo you think you have full insights into what's going on there from the outside? This sounds like a "can't they just use a static site generator" kinda-comments without knowing about the whole scope of the company.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoDo you? You sound like you're making apologies without bringing compelling arguments to the contrary of the person you're replying to.
- dewey 5y agoI do not, but from working in companies I know that a lot of things are not as simple as they look from the outside. Most times decisions are taken with a bunch of constraints factored in (can we attract talent to work on that stack?) that aren't necessarily just about "how can we build this in the simplest way possible". Thinking that they haven't thought about this one simple way of doing it is a bit naive.
- manigandham 5y agoOn the contrary, the older and more experienced I get, the more I realize just how poorly organizations make decisions. Especially in tech/software. This is the norm. Exceptional engineering is rare.
- manigandham 5y agoI have enough experience with large-scale internet services (building adtech platforms). Yes, some things are just not that complicated. Sometimes it really is just poor tech.
- norman784 5y agoIf the case is as you described, then I think they could got away by just implement a few native web components, without the need to migrate to react.