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The problem is that once you spend any reasonable amount of time with something that doesn't suck it becomes hard to look at JS/TS the same way. The warts feel
by jpgvm 2y ago
The problem is that once you spend any reasonable amount of time with something that doesn't suck it becomes hard to look at JS/TS the same way. The warts feel so much worse when you know it doesn't need to be that way.
- jononomo 2y agoOh yes -- 100%. Why would anyone use JavaScript when there are web stacks that JavaScript-free? You can use Flutter on the front end (people rave about how nice it is to program in Dart and Flutter) and there are also options like Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView and HTMX, which allow you to build modern web apps without messing with JavaScript. I can't stand the fact that every other tech startup is using Node on the backend. Everything can be so much simpler and better and nicer, but it is not.
- techpression 2y agoJoining as a lead engineer in a startup, everything we do on the web will be Elixir. After three stints with Next.js “backends” at previous places I have vowed to myself to never use it or take a job where they use it ever again.