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by thr0wawayf00 1454 days ago
I think is more of an indictment on the javascript ecosystem generally, because there's so much more to building an app that runs JS than just your standard MVC/MVVM/pick-your-pattern web frameworks.

You have to deal with various layers of transpilation on your JS, styles and assets and that all needs to be flexible enough to fit a wide set of use cases for the community. It's gotten to the point you need to be an expert in all of the different ways you can bundle and deploy a JS app in order for the jargon associated with these tools to make any sense.
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jollybean 1454 days ago
You're right that JS is a mess, but this is not a JS problem, it's a tech problem.

I see it over, over and over again.

I see young people pitching their tech and I have no f*ing clue what they are talking about.

I would say >50% of web sites don't do a very good job of explaining anything.

Vercel is one of the worst offenders.

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woojoo666 1454 days ago
I see the same issue with libraries and frameworks in any language. For example, I came across Dark Lang [1] yesterday, and the front page is similarly cryptic if you aren't familiar with back end work.

[1]: https://darklang.com/

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jollybean 1454 days ago
Hilariously I came across that one as well as a good 'WTF' example.

That said - I feel for some of these dudes just wanting to make a framework, struggling a bit with the 'communication' part.

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