The blunt truth of front-end engineering is that no user cares how beautiful your system is, only if it helps them solve their problem.
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Replying to @slightlylate
they'll care when you can't deliver new features in a timely manner because you've coded yourself into a corner.
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Replying to @BenLesh
: ...or deliver those features in a timely fashion because you've bitten off a few hundred more K of JS than you could really afford
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Replying to @slightlylate
there needs to be balance. I'm just saying that TTI isn't the _only_ metric that matters to users. They like new features, too
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Replying to @BenLesh @slightlylate
most libraries and frameworks aim at making features easier to implement, because the platform still has shortcomings.
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Replying to @BenLesh
: ...shortcomings which I totally acknowledge! But walk with me through the arguments...
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Replying to @slightlylate
: point: tool X addresses issue that keeps you from delivering great experiences! counterpoint: does it destroy great experiences?
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Replying to @slightlylate
: when you cut all the middle junk out, that's the debate. It's all (correctly!) motivated by a desire to do well by the user.
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: and it's only when we forget that motivation that our tools become albatrosses.
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Replying to @slightlylate
: what makes me sort of nuts here is how badly devtools are failing us. They aren't showing us how bad the situation really is.
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