Notices by ankur sethi is alive and well (s3thi@fantastic.earth)

even though React has been my bread and butter for the last 5-6 years—and will continue to pay my bills for a long time—i wouldn't recommend starting a greenfield frontend project with in 2024.

the framework now has too many bugs, too much legacy, too many fundamental design flaws (e.g hooks), and is growing in a direction that nobody except Vercel cares about. the core team doesn't care about real-world scenarios, and is focused on building a product that's too clever for its own good.

i don't know what the alternative to React is, yet. but there's one thing i can say confidently: invest in HTML, vanilla JS, Web Components, and plain old CSS. they will outlast every frontend framework in existence.

#react #webdev #javascript

i wish there was a way to purchase individual articles from the New York Times or The Caravan or other websites that publish long-form journalism.

sometimes i want to read just a single article on one of these websites, but their paywall requires that i buy a subscription before i'm allowed to do that. i don't mind paywalls, and i don't mind paying for things -- journalists have to eat, after all -- but i can't be expected to pay for 20 subscriptions on 20 different websites.

on the other hand, i'd happily pay $0.50 or so for an individual article, as long as i could retain access to that article forever.

has somebody figured out a solution to this problem yet?