I'm increasingly convinced that only browsers can change web developer behaviour -- the current situation is untenable: either we fix this, or the idea of "having a job making websites" will become an anachronism.https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/996195317493129216 …
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Replying to @slightlylate
You've been beating this drum for years, things haven't changed. It's a tough spot to be in, trying to get software developers to write less software. Hackers gonna hack.
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Replying to @aboodman
It's true that things don't have to continuously improve. Won't keep me from trying, tho.
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Replying to @slightlylate
What I mean is that I wish there was some way to use people's natural inclinations to work toward your goal, rather than working against them.
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Replying to @aboodman
This is a pricing problem -- a market failure in which developers externalize their costs. A good way for this to happen would be for sites to run 5-10x slower when devtools is open, but I lost that argument with Pavel and
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Replying to @slightlylate @paul_irish
Exactly. And in a market environment Paul's argument is what's going to happen. I think that your other (dogged, indefatigable) efforts - to get pwas first class on mobile - is the best way to fix this. Once there is a big enough benefit the market should discover it and target
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Economics are not destiny. As a society, there are many ways in which we shape (and limit) markets for the collective good. This is another one (like TLS requirements) where browser should take the user's side, even though it's uncomfortable. Culture is hard to price.
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