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by about3fitty 654 days ago
Great stack, I use a very similar stack and for the same reasons. I imagine you’re also in your late 30’s.

Honestly the best UI I’ve seen is the terminal-based one at libraries in the 80’s and 90’s that allowed you to find books. Lightning fast and allowed the user to become an expert quickly, especially because the UI essentially never changed.

If you design things with Occam’s razor in mind, a full page reload doesn’t feel like one.

Nowadays I build software to last as long as possible without future investment of time and effort spent on maintenance. Meanwhile the industry seems to have developed some need to mess with their programs all the time. It’s almost like a tic.