State is hard: why SPAs will persist.
When I write about web development, sometimes it feels like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. I’m out here eagerly describing the trunk, someone else protests that no, it’s…
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Sorry not sorry, when dude says:
- I usually prize performance over ergonomics. I’ll go for the more performant solution, even if it’s awkward or unintuitive.
that’s a pretty clear signal that, unless I’m in one of those rare cases where performance is paramount, or one of those somewhat unusual cases where it’s even a big concern (aside from not using truly stupid algorithms), I should stop paying attention to what he’s saying. Performance stopped being such a huge concern in most software decades ago.
I for one will be glad to see most uses of SPAs die a quick (but ideally still painful) death. For the vast majority of sites using them, they offer zero benefit, disable a lot of standard features, and just means more crap to deal with at once.
This was a really bad take by the author. “Even if it’s awkward or unintuitive.”? No one will use your app/software if it is hard to use.
