You might be right in the certain situations but this is an open tool with a wide array of possible uses for people. Such a pessimistic approach doesn't allow for any exploration when think about its potential uses.
Frankly, I don't really care. Really. It might be the greatest tool ever created..
There's too much great software and not enough head space to fit it all in.
This proliferation of tools and services hasn't achieved the proverbial "work less do more" which all of them promise.
They are necessary in order to deal with the increased complexity of technology (and our lives), but the catch is - once we integrate them into our work(life)flow, we add another layer of complexity and hence give up even more control to third parties.
I guess this is why Flow has been created, but the catch is the same - once you integrate it, you add another layer of tweaking and twiddling until it all becomes a monster with a life of its own.
There was an article here on HN yesterday - 'you probably don't need any js lib for your project' and I totally agree with the author.
We can live without layers upon layers of complexity, albeit with a bit more 'manual' work - we have to reduce it rather than try to build meta layers on top of existing ones.
Sorry for the gloomy mood, I guess it's the weather.
This is basically IFTTT. Tons of people use IFTTT, even if I have only found a need for it a few times.
'you probably don't need any js lib for your project' is true, but 'I can probably use modern JS libs to write a competitor 5x faster than your from-scratch project, assuming it's at least moderately complex' is also true.
Well, I've always found what you said to be true anyway, gloomy weather or not.
Theres a lot of tech which we are none the worse off for ignoring. The more curmudgeonly of us eventually figure out what is actually going to move the needle and what isn't.
And as a simple rule - nothing will make your life less difficult, it will only give you more spare time which will then be absorbed into work - or your job is redundant.
There's too much great software and not enough head space to fit it all in.
This proliferation of tools and services hasn't achieved the proverbial "work less do more" which all of them promise.
They are necessary in order to deal with the increased complexity of technology (and our lives), but the catch is - once we integrate them into our work(life)flow, we add another layer of complexity and hence give up even more control to third parties.
I guess this is why Flow has been created, but the catch is the same - once you integrate it, you add another layer of tweaking and twiddling until it all becomes a monster with a life of its own.
There was an article here on HN yesterday - 'you probably don't need any js lib for your project' and I totally agree with the author.
We can live without layers upon layers of complexity, albeit with a bit more 'manual' work - we have to reduce it rather than try to build meta layers on top of existing ones.
Sorry for the gloomy mood, I guess it's the weather.