[ComputerGuru]

> client-side technologies like React have a pretty clear advantage that explains why they're popular: for the people that are tasked to make websites (i.e. us, HN readers), they're easier to work with and they save us time. It outweighs all the end-user-facing cons by a lot, because companies need us, and our salaries are expensive.

As a developer that started off with client applications going on two decades, this is the attitude I despise most about the modern web, the frameworks that power it, and the developers building on it.

Developers serve the user. The user must always be the primary beneficiary. Forgetting that is why we have this bloat, terribly frustration UIs, inconsistent UX, poor accessibility, and everything else that plagues software development today.

[EEMac]

Developers serve their clients and employers. In the best situations, serving the user aligns with that.