zen on Nostr: Great write-up. I was stoked about Svelte when it first showed up on the scene. I ...
Great write-up. I was stoked about Svelte when it first showed up on the scene. I went through the whole tutorial, took notes and everything. I really appreciated the basic design patterns and the simplicity of how it compiled down to Javascript.
As I learned more about the JS ecosystem, I stopped being so keen on the complexity that seems inherent in modern frameworks. If everyone is compiling and serving the dist/ folder, how many people really know what a javascript module is? Does picking up the latest and greatest JSX-enabled, Tailwind-interoperable framework compromise your learning of basic concepts in HTML and CSS?
I would like to offer an annendum to this article, pointing out that it's important to choose tools that leverage the wisdom you've accumulated *and also* tools that will encourage you to accumulate the right kind of wisdom as you grow over time. AI enabled coding may seem very convenient at the moment, but introducing a black-box cognitive dependency goes against everything that Open Source Software stands for, in my view.
As I learned more about the JS ecosystem, I stopped being so keen on the complexity that seems inherent in modern frameworks. If everyone is compiling and serving the dist/ folder, how many people really know what a javascript module is? Does picking up the latest and greatest JSX-enabled, Tailwind-interoperable framework compromise your learning of basic concepts in HTML and CSS?
I would like to offer an annendum to this article, pointing out that it's important to choose tools that leverage the wisdom you've accumulated *and also* tools that will encourage you to accumulate the right kind of wisdom as you grow over time. AI enabled coding may seem very convenient at the moment, but introducing a black-box cognitive dependency goes against everything that Open Source Software stands for, in my view.