As someone who has been in the industry for nearly as long as the industry has existed, the trajectory of modern web development is concerning. Oftentimes the "modern" tools seem overly abstract, interdependent and complex. The "modern tools" I'm referring are a range of technologies designed to improve development processes: dependency management (NPM, composer, etc), … Continue reading Is Modern Web Development Too Complex?
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Good Morning 2002
Why not spend your morning engrossed in the sounds of a giant PC tower next to your head, like it's 2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_RHdE7zsc Thanks hacker noon.
On internet success
What is it about the nature of The Internet that makes internet success seem so attainable? Is it the open/egalitarian nature of the internet? Literally anyone can start an open source project, youtube channel, blog, store, whatever. Is it the fact that, as developers, we know the inner workings of the tech behind the latest … Continue reading On internet success
Links for Today: Blunderyears
I thought about calling this one "nostalgia" but these links are just too embarrassing. 29 Raw Images Of The 1990s Rave Scene At Its Zenith Despite sometimes occasionally listening to a happy hardcore mixtape, I had almost entirely forgotten about the existence of "kandi kids." r/blunderyears Redditors, posting embarrassing photos from their childhood. Chip & … Continue reading Links for Today: Blunderyears
The Problem with NPM
Whenever you run `npm install` it generates a local, project specific /node_modules/ directory with literally 10s of thousands of files and folders. Why?! WHY?! I understand that javascript is a simple scripting language, missing many features that are baked in to more traditional languages like PHP and friends. I understand that many node modules are … Continue reading The Problem with NPM