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Modern devs are frustrated. They don't do anything of importance or significance anymore. They're not the guy designing a virtual memory manager for a novel OS.

Modern devs are frustrated. They don't do anything of importance or significance anymore. They're not the guy designing a virtual memory manager for a novel OS. They're just some cog in a machine converting SQL queries into HTML to show ads to kids and old people. One can only become cynical and bitter.

kome 3y ago
spot on. plus using a lot of js because they don't know html and css (or just very superficially). :-)
- antihipocrat 3y ago
  JS is necessary to maintain state, can this be done with CSS and HTML? Also, I'd say that manipulation of CSS classes and HTML elements with JS gives the developer quite a strong understanding of them.
  - mcosta 3y ago
    Once again the confusion between "HTML document" and "Web App" bites again. A NYT article does not needs client side state.
  - p_l 3y ago
    You can get away with much less state with minimal JS like HTMX
elzbardico 3y ago
Since the beginning, most developers in history wrote payroll and accounts software. Now they do cat photos sharing apps. If anything, I consider this an improvement.
- p_l 3y ago
  Payroll, Accounts Receivable, etc. feels much more dignified than figuring how to deliver more brain-damaging ads. Also, the whole extreme programming style was prototyped around hilariously big (for reasons called "USA" not bad code) payroll software for Chrysler.