[dubswithus]

Javascript is cool but no websites really need it. You could build a website without javascript. There's really no reason for it to exist other than to enrich the pockets of consultants. It's not solving any problem on the internet.

You can make this argument for any technology at this point. If people like crypto it will exist. It's the same with a lot of other things I think shouldn't exist like gold.

[UncleEntity]

Gold is kind of useful aside from its human invented use as a store of value and solving the coincidence of wants problem.

[selimthegrim]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31816193

[dubswithus]

I don't have any teeth filled with gold. It's not necessary unless you are Post Malone.

[astrange]

Gold is useful as a unit test of physics theories, since most of them until the modern day couldn’t explain why it’s yellow.

[dubswithus]

But not useful enough to justify the current price. And not a smart investment according to Warren Buffett.

[lmm]

> Javascript is cool but no websites really need it. You could build a website without javascript. There's really no reason for it to exist other than to enrich the pockets of consultants. It's not solving any problem on the internet.

That was a perfectly reasonable position to hold until, like, Google Maps. Meanwhile we're 10 years and counting into the crypto hype and still zero legitimate use cases where it adds value.

[dubswithus]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31825723