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by djrenren 928 days ago
As someone who just had to answer this for my startup, the value of React is that it's robust and immensely hire-able. If you're looking for frontend developers, the one thing you can always expect is at least passable React knowledge.

Everything else, even if it has a better technical fit for your project, is likely riskier for your organization.
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pseudosavant 928 days ago
Some of the most productive teams I've worked with (not as a dev) have been for tech stacks I personally don't enjoy using. Java, .NET/C#, React, etc. In practice, I'd rather quickly hire a local senior Java/C# dev for 1X than scour the interwebs to hire a Golang dev that requires relocation for 1.5-2X.

If I was going to learn a language though, I'd probably learn Golang. Their rate is so much higher.

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Draiken 928 days ago
I find this argument so absurd. If you know JavaScript and basic programming, you can use any front-end framework.

We're hyper-specializing people in a specific framework that then don't even understand the basics of JavaScript itself.

I already find the divide between frontend and backend developers unnecessary the majority of the time. This takes it a step further and in turn creates monstrosities like the leftpad debacle.

Can we stop with this nonsense? Hire good developers and let them spend 5 minutes to learn the god damn framework of the week. If your hire can't learn React in a week, I have some bad news for you.

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