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> The quality of web software is underwhelming I hate where "web scale" has brought us. Because some 0.01% of giants have tremendous scalability problems, ever
by phartenfeller 3y ago
> The quality of web software is underwhelming
I hate where "web scale" has brought us. Because some 0.01% of giants have tremendous scalability problems, every small project needs an overly complicated architecture that consists of layers of services. In the end, nobody understands the monster, and the complexity brings more issues than it solves. But still, this is somehow a standard today.
I have a lot of love for static HTML sites or simple backend/frontend solutions. The web is great, but current development trends are not.
- havkom 3y agoYep. If you keep off the “latest trends frameworks” and just keep it as vanilla and simple as possible web development can be productive, scalable and pleasant.
- fallingknife 3y agoHN does that, and yet has outages and is so non performant that it can't handle when a post gets a couple thousand comments.
- mrweasel 3y agoNot really, HN uses Postgresql, which should be fine, but it's also written in a pretty niche language. I think the argument in that an implementation in C# or Java, which is as boring as it gets in the web world, would fair much better.
- JCharante 3y agoWell HN is probably in the top 1% of forums
- richardw 3y agoGood enough has crushed many pretenders over the decades. People would love to spin some JS microservice wizardry and lift the HN user base. Why it’s very hard if not impossible is worth multiple aha moments when considering “sustainable advantage”.