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by pknopf 2813 days ago
> The amount of (dev) dependencies doesn’t matter that much to me, but I agree about the client side.

I read a blog post recently that really resonated with me [0].

> And dependencies? People easily add overengineered “full package solutions” to solve the simplest problems without considering their costs. And those dependencies bring other dependencies. You end up with a tree that is something in between of horror story (OMG so big and full of conflicts) and comedy (there’s no reason we include these, yet here they are):

But yeah, I don't mind where the data is stored. It's the html generation that people go overkill with.

[0] http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/