The JS community is in pretty deep denial today. CPUs won't get faster soon enough to keep the current levels of JS emissions from totally suffocating the mobile web, at which point we'll be the next generation of Cobol programmers -- essential, but not the future. https://twitter.com/malchata/status/1179811899959066625 …
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That’s sort of a foolish statement. It’s exactly what was needed and did that job tremendously well. It’s like saying Buffer was a mistake, or the module system was a mistake, when it only exists because the language didn’t provide what we needed.
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Oh, I'm not defending TC39 and the sh*tshow that was Modules, only saying that NPM made over-use of 3p code attractive and bundling a requirement and if the choice is between that outcome and one where costs are more direct and the web more healthy, I'd pick the latter every time
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