Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling
by thr0wawayf00 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:48PM
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I think is more of an indictment on the javascript ecosystem generally, because there's so much more to building an app that runs JS than just your standard MVC/MVVM/pick-your-pattern web frameworks.
You have to deal with various layers of transpilation on your JS, styles and assets and that all needs to be flexible enough to fit a wide set of use cases for the community. It's gotten to the point you need to be an expert in all of the different ways you can bundle and deploy a JS app in order for the jargon associated with these tools to make any sense.
Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling
by jollybean on Sunday July 03, 2022 @02:47PM
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You're right that JS is a mess, but this is not a JS problem, it's a tech problem.
I see it over, over and over again.
I see young people pitching their tech and I have no f*ing clue what they are talking about.
I would say >50% of web sites don't do a very good job of explaining anything.
Vercel is one of the worst offenders.
Re:Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling
by woojoo666 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @07:27PM
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I see the same issue with libraries and frameworks in any language. For example, I came across Dark Lang [1] yesterday, and the front page is similarly cryptic if you aren't familiar with back end work.
"WTF IS IT?" is an endemic problem with marketing and startups.
Marketing is a skill, that many people in marketing so often don't have, and lot of leaders fail to grasp. It's so sad.
Imagine losing 1/2 of your potential uptake because of poor choice of words.