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Ask HN: Why so much complexity in modern frontend development?

Today I've stucked with a question, am I doing it right in frontend? There a lot of abstractions on top of simple DOM, why do we need them? Why is it getting popular? For example, lets take Angular, it's a world full of abstractions, why it so complex, why not to use some patterns, use perfectly designed native browser API's, and use some patterns for structuring, organization and refactoring?...

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to get asylum for developers? on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:30PM (#7329866)
Thank you for the comment, could you tell please, what kind of projects do you have in your company? Do they have ruby or rails positions, or frontend-based positions open?
Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to get asylum for developers? on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:28PM (#7329860)
What about jobs in Poland, do they have Ruby or RoR projects that hiring?
Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to get asylum for developers? on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:27PM (#7329856)
Thank you, guys, for the feedback, maybe asylum isn't suitable solution for me. I have no experience in these issues, I just wan't to securely write code and having fun. I have a pretty nice job here in Ukraine but I'm afraid that soon that it is possible to lost everything. So just looking for some variants to save myself and family from this possible hell.

Ask HN: Is it possible to get asylum for developers?

As you know russians dropped about 6k military force units to Ukraine, and soon the can start to show some aggression. And for me as a developer(and I think for lots of people there) this situation seems very scary, and I'm starting to look some variants of relocation from Ukraine to some peaceful place and maybe to work remotely or to find place where I can be hired. How to do you think, what...

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