[tzarko]

I thought the article was going to go in a totally different direction and advocate for a return to simpler tools and the importance of content over tool obsession. I mean, who actually cares if you use React for your blog? If the content is good enough and you’re not fixated on proselytizing the framework, does it even really matter to anyone?

[devjab]

It’s not really an article is it? It’s more like a long twitter post about how having to use react and tailwind sucks. Which is weird because as you point out, you don’t have to use either.

I’d also argue that you’ll still need to know how CSS works even if you’re using tailwind. It’s still CSS it’s just that you don’t have to build everything yourself, but you do have to know how it works.

[projektfu]

I thought the OP said the opposite: meanies on the web are calling you a bad person for using React and Tailwind when all you wanted to do was create something.

Anyhow, from my standpoint I just like to be able to make sense of something when I look at its source, and I like it not to freak out because I have a chrome extension or two.

[lynx23]

I care. Simple text should stay simple, and should be readable without a 10 mile high abstraction layer. A blog is about text. I despise blog platforms which make JavaScript a requirement (React), which is just a totally silly approach.

So, here I am, the nobody you were talking about.

[tzarko]

You're somebody!

So, do you care because of: a) Load times? b) Accessibility on different devices? c) Philosophical grounds?

Because based on what you're saying (the 10 mile high abstraction level), it's about developer experience, which is not about text?

Text being what the end-user will ultimately see despite the underlying framework being React or a guy manually typing out the thing over TCP on every request.

Don't get me wrong, I despise it as much as you do, but I think it's important to recognize that ultimately the hate is only valid in the real world if it's about the user and not the developer experience.

[lynx23]

Well, a) is a given, everyone cares about load times, even those that dont have the technical competency to name the phenomenon. And for me, personally, I guess its b and c. I am blind, so I do care about accessibility. However, I am also a old-time Linux command-line guy, from the 90s. I actually like Lynx, the load time and the simplicity, and the resource usage. If in my world a site could load in lynx (its all just about text) and it doesn't because of silly javascript framework, a kitten gets skinned and dies a horrible death.