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Re:jQuery Is Seriously Underrated by carlosjobim on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:14PM (#42867914)
You're comparing combustion engines to nuclear power plants. Most vehicles will have combustion engines, even though a lot of energy is generated with nuclear technology.

> I'd also be curious what percentage of frontend roles are looking for someone proficient in jQuery versus other frameworks.

If they are using jQuery they don't need to hire a frontend engineer, because their problems are solved.

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Re:jQuery Is Seriously Underrated by seattle_spring on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:13PM (#42879793)
> If they are using jQuery they don't need to hire a frontend engineer, because their problems are solved.

If their site requires minimal interactivity and will never scale to a point where more than 2 or 3 people work on it, then yeah absolutely.

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Re:jQuery Is Seriously Underrated by wruza on Sunday February 02, 2025 @12:48AM (#42906285)
2 or 3 people working on a frontend without strict supervision and hierarchy is literally the same clusterfuck as with any other [non-]stack.
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