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Ugh. The Sad State of this argument.
I like how this guy thinks he’s smarter than the entire Facebook Engineering team.
People build frameworks because jQuery soup was a real problem and complex UIs are complex.
Stop holding up poor uses of technology to condemn the technology.
I usually am of the mindset that current JavaScript tools are too complex and fragile, but they’re created for a reason and this post is nothing but strawmen and hubris.
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Some of the tech criticism may be unwarranted, but I think references to magpie developers are there to show the real problem is the developers who need to use all of the shiny in every project. There may be nothing wrong with react, but I remain skeptical that it’s the best technology for imgur to craft a webpage that displays an image.
I’m not sure how this happens, but I think this rant is a call to arms to prevent certain amounts of stupid. “Should I use rails or node?” you ask. “Is there a way we can use both?” asks your manager. Sigh.
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I like how this guy thinks he’s smarter than the entire Facebook Engineering team.
That was unnecessary. And why the veneration of $BIGCORP engineers? I’m sure they’re great, but it’s not like they operate at a different level or anything.
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Why the downvotes? This seems like a useful site…
(I didn’t downvote.) People are probably downvoting because the site has no useful content without signing up for a $7.99/mo subscription.
A minor rant: when I was first learning Rails I was frustrated that nearly all the learning resources took the form of video presentations (railscasts was the de facto site for a lot of material). The videos would dominate Google search results and people would link to them as the only answer to your particular question.
It was frustrating because:
Sometimes I do want to kick back and watch a video presentation on a topic, but when I’m looking to get information quickly it can feel like it’s annoyingly locked away deep in some video. I think it’s an antipattern and I hope that it doesn’t see a resurgence.
Hi!
Thanks for the feedback. I’m the owner, and I plan on doing more involved show notes that you don’t need to register to read and to include free videos in the near future.
I cut features just to actually ship the site, so I could do a soft launch and get feedback like this.
(Some people learn from reading documentation, some learn from reading code and some learn from watching videos. I personally prefer watching videos and want to cater to others who do as well.)
But I definitely hear some problems, and I didn’t plan on promoting this wide yet.
I get that there’s no way to know the quality or content of videos until you sign up (and I know there’s only three so far, Episode 4 ships Friday), and I plan on having free video options by the end of the week.