Re:Signaling in tech is some fucked up shit (2016)
by idontpost on Monday July 30, 2018 @02:36PM
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>There are some sites that are applications, and there are some sites that are documents.
>I'll go as far as to say that will never change. Applications are only one part of the web; the other parts matter too.
That's true, but it's also not the problem domain.
No one is having trouble creating document websites on the internet. That problem is, more or less, solved to the point that almost anyone with no technical background can do it.
Application-type sites are where all the pain points lie.
I'll go as far as to say that will never change. Applications are only one part of the web; the other parts matter too.
I care more about reading documents on the web, and I'm glad it has a nice simple way of presenting them (HTML) and styling them (CSS).
CSS works OK as long as you aren't trying to control things pixel-for-pixel, which is not what it's meant for. It obviously could be better, but the problem is not easy by any means.