You know that line of Arthur C Clarke’s, that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic? I have a corollary: any sufficiently annoying pain in the ass is indistinguishable from javascript.
I swear to god, building anything with javascript is like making a house out of rubber bands and seagull feathers. It’s like writing a novel with nothing but the letters “Z” and “Q” and a semicolon. It’s like painting a sunset with a sledgehammer.
Yeah, I’m aware of CSS 2, and Ajax, and the many-splendored glories of DOM manipulation. But all that Web 2.0 goodness is ultimately built on a foundation of crap. You can erect palaces in swamps, but it’s never pleasant, it’s never pretty, and it takes a lot longer than should.
Feh.
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Yes. YES. You articulated my recent vocational frustrations perfectly. I am going to steal some of your quotes to interject in polite conversation (with proper citation, of course).
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