[olieidel]

Agree, an interesting observation! I wonder: Junior developers nowadays who learn JS and React as their first, go-to stack for web development, they haven't ever experienced the raw productivity of "just write php and upload it via ftp" or "just write it in rails/django and render stuff server-side".

They come to expect that all development is as slow as theirs, including frontend <--> backend apis (graphql), huge js complexity (webpack), breaking changes (react-router), etc.

I see lots of companies nowadays wanting to hire "React devs". It seems we're collectively forgetting how fast you can ship stuff if you just use proven technology. Makes me wonder where we're headed.

Maybe it'll be a competitive advantage to use old (= proven) technology in the future?

[cutler]

You gotta hand it to the Rails team who came up Stimulus [Reflex] as an antidote to all the SPA abuse.