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Re:A tale of webpage speed, or throwing away React by kome on Monday August 24, 2020 @06:55AM (#24259401)
you are SO right... but web developers have decided to go for complexity over simplicity and elegance.

IMHO this happened just because complexity and fads generate so much more money, in the long run.

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Re:A tale of webpage speed, or throwing away React by arethuza on Monday August 24, 2020 @07:00AM (#24259435)
It would help if there was some objective way of measuring "elegance" in software.

Some people think hammer factory factories are elegant.... ;-)

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