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by andyjohnson0
632 days ago
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1. Complexity. Devs like complexity like cats like catnip. 2. Tools. React+JavaScript is the industry monoculture. If they're all you know (and for a significant number of frontend devs this is unfortunately true) then you're invariably going to build something complex because its in the nature of your chosen tools. 3. Career anxiety. Building something simple using simple tools isn't sufficiently hardcore and braggable to get that juicy comp increase at the next performance review, never mind a promotion or hopping to that next job. |
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a. I once worked on a project where the webapp frontend went through a time-consuming, mid-project framework swapout because the "senior full-stack developer/architect" decided it needed server-side rendering for SEO purposes. Never mind that it was a niche industrial app that required a login to use and simply wasn't visible to search engines.
b. I remember being advised to stay quiet when I asked why a different web developer, upon being asked to build a simple static website, had nevertheless built it in React.