That's not really what I was trying to say. I think it's perfectly well designed to suit Facebook's internal needs. And it's also guaranteed to drain resources from startup developers. Intent is not necessary, it's just what happened.
> If other shops felt the same way you did about React [...] about the folly of developing apps with "vanilla HTML/CSS/JS" that you don't
I'm fairly confident that almost nobody shares this opinion, so personal attacks on my competency are expected, yes. The problem with all tech fads is that support for them is absolutely ardent, until the pendulum swings in the other direction.
It was unwise to post an unpopular opinion and I accept people's judgement that it was a net detriment to the discussion. But I posted it and now it's out there. If it's any consolation, I wouldn't do it again.
It's amazing how much productivity is draining out of my team when we are waiting fractions of a second for a component to hot reload. I want to go back to vanilla full page re-renders immediately /s
> If other shops felt the same way you did about React [...] about the folly of developing apps with "vanilla HTML/CSS/JS" that you don't
I'm fairly confident that almost nobody shares this opinion, so personal attacks on my competency are expected, yes. The problem with all tech fads is that support for them is absolutely ardent, until the pendulum swings in the other direction.
It was unwise to post an unpopular opinion and I accept people's judgement that it was a net detriment to the discussion. But I posted it and now it's out there. If it's any consolation, I wouldn't do it again.