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Discussion on: One small step for you, one giant leap for yourself

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Chris Bongers

Oh no, you won't ever hear me say it's easy
Or you can become it in x time, I actually am very much against those "roadmaps" as they are too generic.

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aben • Edited

Another thing to mention, for him it is all about grasping the next version, and the best library for instance React is a must, while I was arguing the solution works fine with plain JavaScript and no réactive, clients are smart enough to know clicks and F5s to ask the server, they really know it and know what's an action and maybe after that action the data on UI is not up to date. I focused on backend and supporting thousands of concurrent users instead, and there is so much to learn there already for the curious .

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aben

I agree, I just wanted to raise an important point. Programming is not easy at all, and sadly it creates so much frustration. I had a mate that abandoned a PhD in physics and started full stack programming. Of course there might be million reasons for this, career, money, etc.. so this is just an example, the guy is definitely brilliant but each time I pointed to him that this solution even well written, it is bad design and would never scale, no comprehension or a blurred vision on low level Vs high level, opinionated and agnostic, team work, etc..
So yes, again development is not just code that works, it's about design, testing, team work, and so on...