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Unpopular opinion: there hasn't been advancements in web app development for the last ~15-20 years. People are creating new tools/frameworks because they can,
by mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
Unpopular opinion: there hasn't been advancements in web app development for the last ~15-20 years. People are creating new tools/frameworks because they can, not because there is an actual need for yet another new shiny thing to build HTML+JS+CSS pages that do CRUD on database rows via HTTP verbs. To put it another way, some people thrive on solving problems that already have solutions with nuanced solutions because its their solution.
- snow_mac 4y agoTRUTH
- javcasas 4y agoCRUD on database rows via HTTP verbs is solved. See Postgrest/postgraphile. Most backend programmers are obsessed with constructing lousy versions of those two programs. With this said, I know I just made a few extra enemies.
- mattbrewsbytes 4y agoSome backend programmers have been solving this problem since before postgraphile existed and before graphql became a solution. This is an example of what I mean, no offense, there are hundreds of example frameworks/libraries with ways to solve this. I will counter my own unpopular opinion in that many of the newer ways are better or easier to use (if I used postgres this looks interesting) but as an industry we certainly don't need the countless variations that are out there.