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I'm not sure I follow. This is what I heard:

1. Template composition + event handlers is a solved problem.

2. Solved problems aren't interesting problems because they're already solved.

3. Churning the superficial shape and structure of this solved problem into ever more fractured and complex abstractions keeps it interesting.

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AngularJS is a prime example. Two-way data was a solved problem until people realized it wouldn't scale.

Single Page Applications solve a lot of problems (ex better UX, offloading load from the server, better separation of concerns) but they introduce a lot of new ones (ex SEO, UI unresponsiveness, etc).

This is the steady and painful march toward progress. Add new functionality, identify the weaknesses, ditch the useless functionality, recycle the good parts and start again to test new assumptions.




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