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Some developers today think CSS-in-JS is a good idea. Web devs also wanted HTML to look and parse like XML. Backend devs also thought RPC with XML envelopes (SO

by ttfkam 2y ago

Some developers today think CSS-in-JS is a good idea. Web devs also wanted HTML to look and parse like XML. Backend devs also thought RPC with XML envelopes (SOAP) was the path forward. Developers in all time periods have held curious ideas that appear ludicrous with hindsight.

bazoom42 2y ago
It is just objectively incorrect that using uppercase saves space.
- ttfkam 2y ago
  As someone who always used uppercase for tags back in the day, it wasn't about saving space; it was to improve human readability. All caps tags stood out better against the backdrop of mostly lower case prose. Also the DOM APIs case-folded to upper when inspecting an HtmlElement object's name. To be honest, this is the first I heard that folks thought it had space advantages.