Client-side JavaScript and React criticism: What comes next?
JavaScript critics are effing mad right now. For well-documented reasons. And they do not mince matters any longer. The web development community has never been so divided. The Great Divide is now a Great War.
Critics mostly talk to their kind on Mastodon while most of the client-side JavaScript authors still converse on Twitter. Both groups rant and rave in their respective echo chambers.
I acknowledge the frustration and anger of JavaScript critics. It accumulated over years. Their articles, talks and Twitter posts are records on struggling with client-side JavaScript practices and intervening into discussions.
My question is: Given the dire situation we have, the divided web development community we have, where do we go now and what comes next? How do we cut the Gordian knot? How do we reconcile?
First of all, do we want to reconcile? Or are we fine with the divide? Are we fine with bridges burning? Are we fine with smart people on both sides ridicule and insult each other? Is this the new normal?
