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Last week on Bluesky, Kyle Shevlin posted…
Was literally thinking ~2 weeks ago how the era of JavaScript frameworks was so much more fun than what the industry is obsessed with now.
The JS era was democratic, anyone could invent, innovate.
The AI era feels like an oligarchy creating a tragedy of the commons.
I hadn’t connected the dots before, but it made me realize that there’s basically a straight line from the JS framework era to the current AI dominance.
I don’t just mean that a lot of the same “tech will save us” folks who championed React as “the future of the web” are now saying the same shit about AI, though that’s part of it.
JS frameworks laid the groundwork for devaluing frontend skills.
Somehow, React and Tailwind evangelists convinced an entire generation of hiring managers that you don’t need people who know CSS or HTML or even JS itself. You just need someone who knows React and Tailwind.
Why hire two specialized devs when you can hire one who’s good at the backend and can use tools to write the frontend?
AI takes that bicycle of a comment, straps a jet engine on it, and squeezes the throttle to its stops.
Why even learn the framework? Just ask AI!
Because let’s be clear: the reason hiring managers love AI so much is the same reason they loved React.
They believe it means they can hire fewer people, pay the ones they have less, and pocket even more giant wads of cash while everything around them burns.
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This content originally appeared on Go Make Things and was authored by Go Make Things
Go Make Things | Sciencx (2025-10-28T14:30:00+00:00) The straight line from JS frameworks to AI. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/10/28/the-straight-line-from-js-frameworks-to-ai/
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