Re:Don't write web apps in anything other than TypeScript
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:30PM
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I don't disagree with the general premise of this post, but:
> Two different types of engineer your company has to hire for
That's going to be the case anyway. React and front-end work in general has gotten pretty damned specialized; if you want your front-end to look good, to work well, to be responsive, and to not be a garbled mess, you're going to need people who specialize in front-end work.
> A third API language to serve as an interface between frontend and backend (GraphQL, REST, SOAP, pick your poison)
You're going to need this regardless. And pretending that https://trpc.io/ (whatever it is) is somehow different from GraphQL, REST, etc in terms of having to learn a technology is a joke that doesn't land.
> Two different types of engineer your company has to hire for
That's going to be the case anyway. React and front-end work in general has gotten pretty damned specialized; if you want your front-end to look good, to work well, to be responsive, and to not be a garbled mess, you're going to need people who specialize in front-end work.
> A third API language to serve as an interface between frontend and backend (GraphQL, REST, SOAP, pick your poison)
You're going to need this regardless. And pretending that https://trpc.io/ (whatever it is) is somehow different from GraphQL, REST, etc in terms of having to learn a technology is a joke that doesn't land.