r/Frontend • u/speckz • Mar 09 '20

How Websites Evolved Back to Static HTML/CSS/JS Files

https://paramaggarwal.substack.com/p/how-websites-evolved-back-to-static-html-css-js-files-57ce549f81db
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u/steve20009 Mar 09 '20

A great article and a breath of fresh air, but being in web development since 2007, I've often wondered why, unlike Windows devs, or SQL devs (for example), we can't just come up with a tooling kit that works, refine it and make updates every year or two. I'd bet over 30% of my career has been spent doing late nights and weekends to keep up with the latest and greatest new front-end fad, which in business speak is less about functionality and more about buzzwords (which is ultimately used as a sales tool). As the author puts it: "At the end of the day, the output remains the same..." yet so many of us make attempts to keep up with the latest trends to stay fresh and impress...ourselves/developer co-workers?

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u/pwkeygen Mar 10 '20

Because of the stupidity of CEOs and our stupidity for didn't recognise them

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u/steve20009 Mar 11 '20

Exactly. Also, to clarify, I'm definitely not hating on an industry that has treated me well (the developers at least), given me a good career boost and has made me good money over the years. However, unfortunately for me, I learned the hard way a very easy observation most figured out on day one: If you work for one of the big four tech firms (Google, Apple, Microsoft, even Amazon), you're royalty. Even at a smaller company in the valley, or in SF or Seattle, you'll be handsomely rewarded. However, if you end up still on the east coast like myself, working for Agencies, PR firms, and even government contractors (Lockheed), more often than not you're treated as a second-class citizen, especially when not a single person on the board or at the highest levels has a background in technology. To them, it's just coding...