Re:Why is modern web development so complicated?
by lhorie on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:00PM
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That looks pretty simple in terms of UI...
There certainly are some types of apps that are mind-bogglingly complex (e.g. press play and scroll around on https://kepler.gl/demo/nyctrips for one vivid example) but ironically, the real heavy lifting is mostly done with specialized libraries and super-close-to-the-metal code (GSLS), whereas the "modern" stack only powers the "simple" boxy UI glue stuff.
There certainly are some types of apps that are mind-bogglingly complex (e.g. press play and scroll around on https://kepler.gl/demo/nyctrips for one vivid example) but ironically, the real heavy lifting is mostly done with specialized libraries and super-close-to-the-metal code (GSLS), whereas the "modern" stack only powers the "simple" boxy UI glue stuff.