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It came with age and time for me. I don’t care for bells and whistles nearly as much as I used to. And I would rather pay more for something that does its thing
by jmathai 3y ago
It came with age and time for me. I don’t care for bells and whistles nearly as much as I used to. And I would rather pay more for something that does its thing really well and reliably.
I’ve learned that I don’t get as much real world value from the extras and they cost me more up front and are an under appreciated burden for the duration I own it.
As it relates to this article, the last 3 web applications I’ve built have used PHP, are not SPAs and store data in flat json files (I.e https://fiers.co https://fiers.co - I don’t think you’d be able to tell). There’s some stuff that are hard to do and those things don’t get done because I don’t want the complexity.
- sharikous 3y agoFYI it doesn't render too well on my phone. The image overflows horizontally.
- WJW 3y agoSee how well he cut cope to keep things simple? "Works on mobile" was simple unnecessary complexity :) Only half-joking btw. I thought the article was way more about "cut scope ruthlessly so you can use simpler tools" than it was about "use the simplest tool for the job".
- jmathai 3y agoFTA: > what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve simplicity? I'm willing to sacrifice a website that tries to keep state up to date without requiring a page refresh so that I can avoid all the complexity and bugs which come from it.
- HWR_14 3y agoFor many, probably most, websites this is fine.
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- jmathai 3y agoThanks - needs an overflow:hidden in the CSS. Will fix :)
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