I don't want my web framework(s) to be trendy, or cool, or in — I want them to be battle-tested and "just work" regardless of implementation language.
Tools are not supposed to be exciting. We're not usually hyped for a new version of a hammer, wrench or a soldering iron. That's not the point. This collective ADHD is really counter-productive IMO.
I still remember that comment on HN a couple of years ago where somebody was claiming that JQuery was dead because there hadn't be a new release in literally 4 months.
The person with 22 years experience could fall back like this thanks to survivor bias, the person with 2 years experience might have been lucky so far.
I had to wonder what FB chose as a cultural strategy that left them down for hours when other companies can recover virtually anything in under an hour and if a focus on being less cool and less ageist would have helped them.
The ironic part about that sentiment is that the author is clearly well on their way to becoming the 40 year old they were making fun of - one who doesn't grow up and continues to rely upon social media to obtain affirmation.
What other frameworks have you used professionally?
wow fuck ageist bullshit like this. everyone knows I'm no big Django advocate but what is the point of a blog post like this? I'm not seeing how effort spent on writing articles like this makes the world better for anybody, including the author. Go create something?
>But what if tomorrow, Microsoft launches a full-featured node/Typescript framework? You would get ... In my opinion, a framework like this would nail it
it's all you bro, *go write it* and show everyone how right you are!