Re:Open-source alternatives to popular SaaS tools
by beezlewax on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:52PM
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Didn't we already have batteries included frameworks with stuff like Laravel? Nextjs and Remix are doing SSR and I'm here thinking isnt that what php did 20 years ago? I might be wrong about this but its an impression I'm getting the more I learn as a developer.
Re:Open-source alternatives to popular SaaS tools
by rektide on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @04:31PM
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You can pave a narrow path but that's not what folks wanted either.
We need both freedom & framework. We had a lot more to explore & become, that the narrow path would not have brought us.
Just a personal bais but I think the ssr craze is reactionary & overblown. We need better front end framing & data architectures most of all.
It makes me a little sad about the greater state of software development. Each app cobbles together so much, is so it's own distinct entity.
It'd be so nice to have a more common framework to work within. I realize very much the strength of open source is it's diversity & I don't want a conquest, only one option. But every app here is so so different. They are all webapps with totally novel route structures & patterns. There is so little in common. I wish we had better ways to create higher level protocols & practices to let there be a little more uniformity.