This article uses #React as it's main example, but it applies to #Laravel, #Tailwind, even #Drupal just a much. I say that as a recovering Drupal dev who used to use the standardization argument.
Greedy management is the reason we can't have nice things.
@Crell@grmpyprogrammer that goes far too deep into the management wastelands of ignorance an brings in "politics" as a lot of costs are hidden and easy to neglect. article is nice from the deleploer craftsmanship POV, but is nothing new under the sun. I like it..
@Crell Do you sincerely believe the libraries/frameworks you have mentioned are "actively worse than the alternative by any objective measure"? I think the article is good, but I don't agree with that classification the non-React things (and, even then, RN is actually enabling good stuff that the alternatives aren't).
@assertchris I believe the core point that what wins is what most commoditizes cheap labor, regardless of its technical quality, is valid, and the examples cited fit that point.
I admittedly can speak more of Laravel and Drupal personally. "Make amateurs able to do things halfway decent without knowing what they're doing" is a core design principle of both systems. Which in turn drives down labor costs and quality.
@Crell Yes! “Tech management will sacrifice technological progress – performance, design, and general product effectiveness – if it disempowers labour.”
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