Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa...
by toss1 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:21AM
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Ha! I think we actually agree pretty strongly.
Except that I'm not even sure that the next Instagram or whatever should be a web app - it should be a native app.
I saw the beginning of the "write once - run anywhere" concept decades ago. Sounded fantastic. Yet here we are and it is more like "write once - stumble and crawl someplace".
It is most discouraging that many major houses do it so badly, and even their native apps are similar bloatware...
Except that I'm not even sure that the next Instagram or whatever should be a web app - it should be a native app.
I saw the beginning of the "write once - run anywhere" concept decades ago. Sounded fantastic. Yet here we are and it is more like "write once - stumble and crawl someplace".
It is most discouraging that many major houses do it so badly, and even their native apps are similar bloatware...