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Re:A modern “Hello, World” program requires more than just code by pldr2244 on Friday March 06, 2020 @04:17AM (#22502120)
Because it makes for a great strawman. “Look, JS tooling is so bloated, just to emit a Hello world!”

I‘ve since stopped expecting any level of reason when it comes to HN bashing of modern JS/React/frontend.

Re:A modern “Hello, World” program requires more than just code by chatmasta on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:12AM (#22504157)
The bashing never seems to come from people using the tooling, either.