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Discussion on: What I like about dev.to... and what I dont (DEP 0)

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Ben Halpern

I can pretty much get behind everything you're saying. A couple things worth commenting on the "hope not to see" front:

Native iOS/Android/Whatsoever app

If you look at the approach we're currently taking, any native experience is basically going to be a pretty simple web wrapper. Apple's PWA story is really really lacking right now, so we're building towards a basic native-ish experience, but really low-touch.

We're not trying to re-implement views or any complex app logic, basically present the app natively and possibly hook into some native functionality for a few specific augmentations if it seems relevant.

So on the same page there.

Job platform

Same here. I agree 100% with you, the thing is: We already have a sort of job platform under the hood. We have the concept built in to your settings that you can opt in and opt out of certain job functionality. We totally hate this kind of direction you are describing and that's why (even though it's fairly experimental), you don't really even know this functionality exists unless you opt in.

There is one state in which someone might feel excited about a job opportunity: When they are looking for a job!!!

Some other platforms really miss the point here.

I think the best thing we do as an org/platform is care about the nuances of some of this stuff. We don't get everything right, but we try to be thoughtful.

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Yaser Al-Najjar

simple web wrapper
basic native-ish experience, but really low-touch

Ah... I love that!
Hope it will never go through any different burdensome path ;)

We totally hate this kind of direction you are describing and that's why
you don't really even know this functionality exists unless you opt in
one state: When they are looking for a job

Love that way of thinking again!

care about the nuances of some of this stuff

IMO, that's why dev continues to be a non-stop growing platform... plz keep that up ❤️