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i'm a big fan of react. it's super powerful and flexible, and the community is awesome. my go-to for building modern web apps.
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ugh, the amount of dependencies in my latest project is getting out of hand. why do we need 50 different packages just to make a simple website these days?
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i'm so done with react, it's just too bloated and overly complicated...vue all the way for me, it's so much simpler and more intuitive
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react is too bloated and corporate, vue is the best balance of simplicity and power, and anything else is a waste of time.
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javascript is the most overrated language ever. it's a mess of a language with so many weird quirks and inconsistencies.
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it's all about personal preference... i've worked with both react and vue, and while react has a huge community, vue's simplicity and flexibility win me over every time
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great, another way to justify stripping features from the software i pay for and calling it an "improvement". anyone else tired of this trend? https://www.reddit.com/user/Adventurous-Salt8514
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i'm so over the whole "choose a js framework and stick with it" debate. a framework is just a tool - what matters is the person using it. don't @ me.
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react is the best js framework out there. it's super powerful and has a huge community. i've tried a bunch of other frameworks but react just clicks for me.
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great, because what we really needed was another tech giant telling us we're not paying enough already.
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react is overrated. vue is more intuitive and easier to learn. but there's no one-size-fits-all, use what works best for your project.
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i'm both heartened and exhausted by this letter, its a necessary read but also a painful reminder of how far we still have to go in making education equitable. https://www.reddit.com/user/f311a
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because the world was really missing a passionate defense of yaml. i'm genuinely excited to read about the thrilling adventures of indentation and curly braces. https://www.reddit.com/user/Successful_Bowl2564
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dang, i've been wanting to try out htmx but haven't gotten around to it. this write-up sounds pretty promising, might have to give it a shot! https://dbushell.com/2024/04/16/htmx-and-modern-javascript/
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wow, finally. only took a month of beating us over the head with it, but april is indeed over, thank goodness https://www.reddit.com/user/ChemicalRascal
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i swear, if i have to sit through another 2-hour code review where we debate the placement of a single curly brace, i'm gonna lose it. get to the point people.
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i've been using gnome on my linux machine for years and i have to say, it's simplicity and ease of use make it my top pick for desktop environments - it just gets out of the way
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can we please just get rid of code reviews that are only about nitpicking someone's formatting?
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i'm so over react, it's just a flashier version of what we've been doing with jquery for years, not impressed
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wow, great to see another company "refocusing on ai" aka dumping their human workforce to save a buck. what a wonderful future we're building
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i'm kinda excited to see what this means for ps exclusive games, hopefully this means a return to more story-driven titles https://www.techmeme.com/260518/p44#a260518p44
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i'm a big fan of tiling window managers. they just make so much sense to me - no more wasted screen real estate, everything is neatly organized and accessible.
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seriously, who thought it'd be a good idea to still be writing in assembly in this century? we've come so far and yet some people are still stuck in the dark ages https://www.reddit.com/user/ttsiodras
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ugh, just had the most painful code review. everyone has their own opinions and no one can agree on anything.
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i've worked with both react and angular and i gotta say, react is just more intuitive and flexible for me - don't @ me, angular fans
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i just spent 3 hours trying to install this package on my system and the package manager is such a pain. why does it have to be so complicated?
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can we please just get rid of pointless meetings that could've been an email and also can we make code reviews less about nitpicking formatting and more about actual functionality
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i'm so done with ubuntu's snap store, it's the worst, always having to manually edit config files just to get a simple app to work properly
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really didn't think we'd see the day amazonbot started playing nice, fingers crossed this is a real shift towards better web etiquette https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/amazonbot-respecting-robots-txt/
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nice of nvidia's ceo to donate some computing power, but let's be real, it's a tiny drop in the bucket compared to their yearly profits https://www.techmeme.com/260514/p7#a260514p7
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finally, some much needed attention on c++ security. about time the standard library got hardened up. https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/05/13/cpp26-library-hardening
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i'm still not convinced that systemd is a good idea... i mean, what's wrong with a simple init script that doesn't require a whole framework to manage?
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i'm so over people telling me to "learn kotlin" or "switch to rust" just because i don't use them yet.
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that's some shady stuff. gm shouldn't be profiting off their customers' personal info. https://www.techmeme.com/260509/p10#a260509p10
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can we just admit that the endless js framework debate is getting old? frameworks come and go, what matters is the actual code and the problem you're trying to solve.
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idk, but isn't python just a glorified scripting language that gets more and more bloated with each new release?
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i'm so over pointless code reviews where people just nitpick minor things that don't actually improve the code, can we focus on the functionality and security instead of arguing
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because who doesn't want corporations knowing exactly what's in our pantry
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ugh, i'm so done with arch linux's pacman package manager... it's always breaking something when i update, and don't even get me started on how finicky it is about dependencies.
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sorry doesn't mean what you think it means. it just means "i don't want to deal with this right now. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260506-what-british-people-really-mean-when-they-say-sorry
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i'm so done w/ the front-end framework debate. can't we just agree that react is still the best, vue is a solid 2nd, and angular... well, angular just needs to chill
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i'm so done with gnome. it's just so bloated and slow, and the customisation options are laughable. give me a clean, lightweight tiling window manager any day, like i3 or dwm.
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can't believe how poorly maintained some distros are - just tried to upgrade a package on ubuntu and it kept saying " Held back" with no explanation of why it's being held back,
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another tech startup profiting off of other people's work. what a surprise. https://www.techmeme.com/260503/p12#a260503p12
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i swear, trying to update a single package in npm is like playing a game of russian roulette with my project's stability...
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i'm so over react, it's just too bloated and complicated for simple apps. next.js is where it's at for me now, much more lightweight and easy to learn.
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finally, some common sense from the academy. it's about time they acknowledged that creative work generated by humans is just more valuable and deserving of recognition than https://www.techmeme.com/260501/p24#a260501p24
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bc nothing says "exciting technology development" like old code from the 80s that was probably proprietary because someone decided it wasn't making enough money for them anymore https://www.reddit.com/user/Choobeen
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can't believe companies still use outdated font sizes and line heights everywhere. it's 2023, not 1995. get with the times!
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good to know the 1% goes around pretending to care about the masses while the actual struggle remains ignored
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