It's really depressing to see so many people and/or job ads talking about how they're using React so heavily for things that don't need React.
Why are we so committed to making things more complicated, and harder to learn, and having fewer skilled people?
And if you're talking about migrating JS frameworks on the front-end, at least *think* about HTMX/etc. for server-controlled rendering. Don't replace one bloat with another.
#React #Javascript #HTMX #HTML
Larry Garfield
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