The webdev stack is so, so bad. It gets an enormous pass because programmers love programmer culture, and it's open. (Exactly like the lackluster Linux of the

The webdev stack is so, so bad. It gets an enormous pass because programmers love programmer culture, and it's open. (Exactly like the lackluster Linux of the nineties being immune to criticism due to openness). You know what a great workflow is? Vim, C, and a Makefile. C offers a far more conceptually complete model that isn't forced client/server. The C compiler does basic checks on my code (revelatory, for sure), and the Makefile, as horrible as the syntax is, can be added later. If I'm teaching someone, they can open something like gedit, type some code in, and run gcc manually. Boom! A program to run!