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Re:The Frontend Treadmill by qudat on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:54PM (#43426566)
This comment is steeped in bias. The front end is not complex for its own sake, it’s complex because APIs are needlessly rigid: https://bower.sh/front-end-complexity
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Re:The Frontend Treadmill by bullfightonmars on Thursday March 20, 2025 @02:17PM (#43426898)
Delete the API, render your html on the server, problem solved.
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Re:The Frontend Treadmill by skydhash on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:26PM (#43428496)
If you're not building something like Gmail, Docs, or Figma (AKA an app that should be on the desktop instead of the web). Rendered HTML should be the way to go, even if it's just a gateway to a more complex infrastructure.
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