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I’m losing my love for the web because it’s boring, not because of how it’s built. I am also guilty of this and contribute to the problem at my day job, but tak
by Hexigonz 2y ago
I’m losing my love for the web because it’s boring, not because of how it’s built. I am also guilty of this and contribute to the problem at my day job, but taking a limitless method of creation and churning out business apps and marketing sites until they inundate everything we do is a shame.
May get into a different kind of programming, web dev just feels uninspired to me right now. Note: this is my world on the web right now, I’m sure others disagree and have another opinion. Loving something is subjective.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoIt’s a uniquely mind-numbing medium for me. Confluence of: * feels like it’s made for marketing first and foremost * vague sense of jankiness that you can’t escape * pervasively string-typed * JS community * low abstraction level of web frameworks. You spend lots of time cramming information into/out of URLs * things don’t feel ready to go out of the box I feel more productive going slower with native apps. It’s a paradox of perception.
- jakelazaroff 2y agoFunny, I think the stringly-typed-ness is great. Turns out that’s actually a common aspect of a lot of software I really admire, like Unix pipes and spreadsheets.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoI don't mind it when the data being pushed through is less-structured. Once it gets past a certain point, I just want types backing everything up and double-checking my work as I go.