Ask HN: Was ES6 a Bust?

Re:Ask HN: Was ES6 a Bust? by GianFabien on Sunday January 03, 2021 @02:42AM (#25620291)

I can only speak for my experience. I never re-implement working code using new features just because I can. I have enough on my plate to just use the most convenient features initially. Over time, especially if I have a performance or code complexity issue will I take the time to read up on and understand new features.

My philosophy is: Don't fix what isn't broken. I suspect that might also be the case for most large code bases.

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Re:Ask HN: Was ES6 a Bust? by no_wizard on Sunday January 03, 2021 @02:53AM (#25620340)

For clarification, as I should have mentioned: I am speaking only to code that has one of the following characteristics:

1. It’s new code

2. It’s a significant re-write

3. It’s a substantial refactoring of existing code or a refactor where using one of the newer apis would be trivial (e.g Reflect.apply vs Function.prototype.apply)

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