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It seems to me, that people in the Javascript world, like to constantly create new alternatives (or very similar) to existing frameworks or projects. It's not
by Fiahil 11y ago
It seems to me, that people in the Javascript world, like to constantly create new alternatives (or very similar) to existing frameworks or projects.
It's not 100% a bad thing though.
- acgourley 11y agoPart of the problem is that companies started using github profiles as resumes.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoWhere's the problem?
- stevejohnson 11y agoPeople keep reimplementing the same thing to the same "80%" completion level so they look good to employers, but the software is abandoned quickly once it has served its purpose as a personal branding tool.
- danneu 11y agoIf your trade is building things and you have nothing to show for it, then it's probably a good idea to have at least one thing you can point to. But trying pin and dismiss the intention behind someone's open source project would be uncalled for, wouldn't it.
- santoriv 11y agoStep 1: Someone invests a bunch of time making something new. Step 2: Someone posts it on Hacker News. Step 3: Project is immediately derided because other people have also been making new things.
- stevejohnson 11y agoJust to clarify, I was explaining acgourley's position. This particular project is high quality.
- thebouv 11y agoEvolution. Competition. Definitely a good thing. Though admittedly the pace at which this happens in the JS world can be exhausting.
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- agumonkey 11y agobrownian.js
- akilism 11y agoI don't think this is something unique to the Javascript world people make sightly different eyeglasses, plates, houses, frameworks, libraries, programming languages, etc.
- jonobr1 11y agoThis project started 3 years ago. It's not that fast :)
- eyko 11y agoBeing able to control the evolution of your library is a big advantage (if you're invested in it).
- jonobr1 11y agoSome of my thinking behind rolling my own renderer: https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc
- crazypyro 11y agoI really enjoyed this talk. Thanks.