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by debacle 1104 days ago
JavaScript is fine, the real problem is HTML/CSS and the DOM.

We were so, so close to a semantic, reader-based web ~20 years ago.

The ad supported Internet killed it. Now that the ad supported Internet is dying, maybe we can get back to it.
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samwillis 1104 days ago
No it's not, and we do have semantic web accessible to screen readers. It is just also this incredible universal platform for building and distributing applications. It's a universal layer accessible to all, no mater your socioeconomic background, politics or location.

Criticising the web platform as not confirming to a set of self defined rules is lazy and pointless.

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cies 1104 days ago
> JavaScript is fine

What languages to you have experience with?

The article mentions some alternatives, like Elm, and I'd be hard pressed that people who used those (say Elm) effectively still believe JS is fine.

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debacle 1104 days ago
You're too old to be a language elitist.
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