Re:Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and ...
by FpUser on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:13AM
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I think there is a Stockholm syndrome somewhere there. I did some consulting for places where they had floors filled with web developers. What I saw was basically that they would assemble insane amount of tooling, dependencies, frameworks, processes only to create something akin to "hello world" when comparing to the amount of efforts spend. They would also think that this is the "right" way of doing things and are enjoying it. The more complex their stuff is the smarter they think they are. They are also super opinionated and God save one from ever questioning what / how they do things.
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Re:Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and ...
by wruza on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:30AM
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Oh, so true. All this shiny tech is only useful for few big corps out there who can hire best over-your-head smart guys for floor mopping roles. Otherwise, it’s just a snakeoil. “We need to make our code modular!” — a company that writes a todolist-like spa behind the frontpage. “We need scale!” — a company that will never exceed ten requests per minute. “We need a complex build system with plugins and transformers!” — a company that has less than a hundred of assets, manageable by a single zero-expertise role. This plague is everywhere now.
Re:Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and ...
by hsn915 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:46AM
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You know how many people like puzzle games?
For a lot of people, toying with complex systems and configuration files is fun in the same way that puzzle games are fun.
These people don't play puzzle games. They already spend all their day playing this puzzle game.
They are not in the business of making something useful. They're in the business of pretending to be wizards who can weild technology to their will.
If they were in the business of building useful products, they would try to simplify the process as much as they can.
But since they're in the business of playing the configuration puzzle game, they have every incentive to not simplify anything.
The more complex it is, the more rewarding it is for them when it finally "works".