Most software development these days is JS/Typescript slop, popular doesn't equa...

recursive · 2025-12-10T04:56:04 1765342564

You can write slop in any language. And good software for that matter.

mlindner · 2025-12-10T11:33:45 1765366425

I've never met anything written in JS/Typescript that I would call "well written".

josephg · 2025-12-10T12:28:56 1765369736

I have. I personally really enjoy the recent crop of UI frameworks built for the web. Tools like Solidjs or Svelte.

Whatever your thoughts are about react, the JavaScript community that has been the tip of the spear for experimenting with new ways to program user interfaces. They’ve been at it for decades - ever since jQuery. The rest of the programming world are playing catchup. For example, SwiftUI.

VSCode is also a wonderful little IDE. Somehow much faster and more stable than XCode, despite being built on electron.

division_by_0 · 2025-12-10T20:24:02 1765398242

Great points! I think your point about the JS community is often overlooked. Electron et al have made desktop UI/UX considerations more salient in the JS world. Desktop-like experiences in the browser can be great.

recursive · 2025-12-10T18:00:07 1765389607

I guess you should read more code.

lomase · 2025-12-10T12:24:10 1765369450

Bait used to be credible.