This content originally appeared on Modern Web Development with Chrome and was authored by Paul Kinlan
I remember working in Bangalore with a CTO of a large company some years before the pandemic, and we were talking about their tech stack strategy and how all these new cool API's solve everything. The CTO patiently listened to us, nodded and then politely said "[person x], I love all these technologies, it's amazing to see the web capabilities improve, however we're in a competitive market and I need to build our product quickly and I need to hire 150 developers quickly and everyone knows React. That's why were using this stack".
This was a moment of realisation for me that I needed to re-think about wider changes to how I think about working with developers. It's one of the main reason why I don't get into a UX vs DX debate: people want solutions to problems (UX), which drives a market demand for those solutions that is driving competition for competing products, which drives market demand for tooling to rapidly get the solutions in the hands of the people who want them. DX isn't about developers being selfish and preferring to optimize their happiness, they need to ship. [Feel free to @ me].
When React was first launched my take was "it's just a tool for faster DOM", heck all that people talked about was VDOM, and then like going bankrupt all of a sudden nearly every job requires React experience. As I see it now, the component model has clearly made it easier for teams to get software, products, solutions (or what ever you call it) that people use. I didn't see it at the start, and I didn't see (or ignored) the progression, even though in retrospect all the signs were there. Hubris on my part for sure
I know where Browsers are heading and the opportunity the enable for developers. I also know the state of the web right now (as a snapshot). But do I know where developers are going? no. Am I confident that I can spot a genesis moment like React? no. Am I confident that I can see the trend earlier? no.
What's next and where's the web going? I need to build the function in my team to do that...
This content originally appeared on Modern Web Development with Chrome and was authored by Paul Kinlan
Paul Kinlan | Sciencx (2022-02-04T10:13:46+00:00) Missing the trajectory. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/04/missing-the-trajectory/
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