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Re:Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity? by dogleash on Monday January 02, 2023 @11:07AM (#34219444)
>I'm a Windows developer and as such I'm biased, but I think Windows apps are dramatically easier to write than web apps.

I agree that the usability of a good desktop GUI toolkit runs circles around whatever webdev is these days, but the barrier to entry for a completely new programmer is certainly a lot higher than HTML.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity? by rescbr on Monday January 02, 2023 @12:14PM (#34220472)
That's why I miss good ol' VB6.

Spaghetti code? Yeah, not only that, but the whole pasta menu. On Error Resume Next.

The barrier to entry were none to zero.

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