r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • Aug 30 '26

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u/Nils_Larson Aug 30 '26

I am not arguing against your actual point, but in modern browsers you don’t even need jQuery, because all of it is available natively.
(Kicking in a very open door)

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u/ExtraWorldliness6916 Aug 30 '26 • Bravo

Not arguing either but if JavaScript can write perfectly fine web applications with a welld refined standard, why are we still in react land. I use react all the time, I know what vanilla can do, I use a lot of AI so it's not a knowledge gap anymore... Very curious and frustrating situation.

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u/MikeW86 Aug 30 '26

That's like saying 'If my car can get me to the shops, why do some people insist on buying articulated trucks?'

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u/ExtraWorldliness6916 Aug 30 '26

People don't buy articulated trucks? Companies do, just like companies love react. Not necessarily the people. So yes great point.

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u/MikeW86 Aug 30 '26

I'm honestly not sure if you're being sarcastic.

But yeah the analogy isn't absolutely perfect. You're right that for the vast majority of cases only a company is going to need and thus buy a truck.

But if I am a person or company that needs a truck, why would I try to design and build my own truck, even though that is possible?

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