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Yes. Open source is supposed to be merit-driven, not hype-driven and resorting to dirty tricks like these. I wouldn't single out the JS community is the only
by senko 3y ago
Yes.
Open source is supposed to be merit-driven, not hype-driven and resorting to dirty tricks like these.
I wouldn't single out the JS community is the only one affected by it. To name just two examples outside JS, I blame pipenv authors for the same truth stretchi, and if you look at the current hype around open source AI libraries, there's a lot of it going on as well.
- dmix 3y agoIdk I really liked how effectively Remix communicated their framework on their website: https://remix.run/ https://remix.run/ I've never used it but I can see the value in good web design. Good Web design = good copywriting/colours/information design etc. Maybe fancy marketing and good Web design are two different things though
- pmontra 3y agoTheir use of colors and line height makes quite difficult to read their headers. I copy it the first one to be able to read it > Focused on web standards and modern web app UX, you’re simply going to build better websites I'd go with thinner fonts, less saturated colors (e.g.: the code on the right is easy to read) and larger line heights.
- dmix 3y agoI've always seen Remix on mobile not desktop, so I may have to reserve my support for it. I don't mind bold fonts and saturation when it's used on marketing sites. Web standards and the like or most suited for utility sites and business tools like Google and Wikipedia. The documentation section of a framework site and the more serious stuff definitely should keep it simple and standard though. My main complaint would be the scrolljacking on mobile.
- toastercat 3y agoIt's a cool site for sure, but it's also hype-driven and buzzword heavy. Remix is also run by/evangelized by people who: 1. hype their own work on Twitter with misleading comments, 2. released their framework as "pay-only" intially, 3. sell expensive coursework for their own tools instead of, yknow, having adequate documentation. Remix also spun off into its own company before being acquired by Shopify. In fact, the whole "open-source library spins off into a company" is kind of creepy to me, although I'm sure not all are bad actors.
- aatd86 3y agoWell it's either that or you don't have a library and have wait for someone employed by a company to release something. Someone has to get paid at some point. If this is their business why shoot it down? It's either that or subsidize this work by working somewhere that pays and leaves you with enough time for other projects. Always wondering why devs are so cheap when they are supposed to earn that much more... Or perhaps it is just the vocal few on the internet.
- dmix 3y agoCreating high quality video tutorials as a way to make $$ to support OSS actually sounds like a good idea to me.
- mmcnl 3y agoRemix has sketchy/questionable marketing. Seemingly independent techfluenchers suddenly endorsing the product. Unfair comparisons with competitors to make the product look better. Most people talking about Remix aren't actually using it. Red flag to me.
- dmix 3y agoWas this before or after they got acquired by Shopify?
- no_wizard 3y agoBefore, during, and current, though the Remix hyping train has fallen quite a bit as of late, I think in no small part due to Twitters recent changes. I want to like Remix, but they have an odd culture around it, aren't really all that willing to talk openly about decision making or hearing valid criticism of the framework, and made some very bizarre design decisions with the framework itself, such as having zero ability to customize the build pipeline in any meaningful way