4/ ... I was providing the other extreme as a counter-balance. There is a wide chasm between both viewpoints.
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5/ I believe that for large or complex projects, there is huge benefit to tools like React and build systems like Webpack
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: my perspective is from working w/ dozens of partners who have adopted those tools where they are inappropriate today (mobile)
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That's fair. Tools are meant to improve DX with the assumption that a good DX leads to quicker updates, better products.
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And yeah if the (not uncommon) 1mb+ bundle is unusable on a mobile device, then it's doing more harm than good for those users
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: YES. Next, we need to investigate root causes: how did these developers end up here?
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: (I did a talk inspired by this problem: https://youtu.be/4bZvq3nodf4 )
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: my experience is that tools and devtools aren't opinionated enough. Don't accurately reflect mobile constraints
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I do appreciate this discussion. At my job I build a product that's used almost exclusively on desktop...
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...and in my side projects, I always assume a NA audience with modern smartphones.
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: nearly every new user in an emerging market has a *modern* smartphone, it's just not a *wealthy* person's phone.
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