The Great Gaslighting of the JavaScript Era [link]

1 · Remy Sharp · March 27, 2023, 12:44 a.m.
A long read, but a worthwhile one - in my head their voice was definitely just shy of shouty! :) Being a JS developer first and foremost since pre-Node days, it puts me in a funny spot that I absolutely agree with everything said in this article, whilst also considering that I pick JS on the server to suit me. When it comes to the front-end, I'm pretty sick of the poison that's been sold to us for over a decade. The web's war for JS libraries/etc summarised excellently with: It’s a popularity c...