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Ah, the age old HN pass-time of feeling like everything needs to fit your niche, leaving a comment about how a website didn't fill in your blind spot for you ra
by davidjfelix 4y ago
Ah, the age old HN pass-time of feeling like everything needs to fit your niche, leaving a comment about how a website didn't fill in your blind spot for you rather than googling what something is with the time.
- kodah 4y agoI don't think that's what OP is saying. To me, it reads like, "I'd love to know what this is, but based on the linked document and others within near proximity - I can't" which means the link requires that OP has knowledge of the frontend build world - which I will tell you is niche and disparate or that there is a big unsaid problem in this space that is non-obvious to anyone outside of it. Curiously, both are true. Give OP some slack.
- sachinraja 4y agoIf they don't have knowledge of the frontend build world, then maybe they'll have to do a bit more reading. Who should Vite's landing page target?
- kodah 4y agoBy knowledge, what I really mean is intimate knowledge. I'm not a frontend dev, but I do hack away on hobby projects which eventually caused me to make changes to the default tooling that the project starters pre-configure. Given that the landscape so heavily relies on preconfiguration and post-customization, who they're selling to are people who started with a template and know little about what webpack, vite, or next are doing.
- InCityDreams 4y agoAnd that's a pastime i welcome, as it saved me many clicks. And, it also confirms what i have been seeing across several websites of late: difficult to penetrate, even in areas i would consider myself well-versed in.
- hsn915 4y agoIf the official homepage of something doesn't tell you what it is, where are you supposed to obtain that inforation?