this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
124 points (86.9% liked)

Technology

73129 readers
3366 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] xangadix@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Hey, I've read exactly the same article 15 years ago, but back then it was Flash that "broke the web".

[–] Oisteink 7 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Flash never got in the way the same like js. My main take from the whole piece is how it has changed the way websites are developed, to match that of traditional software development. Like the need to deploy to change some text in the footer of our website

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I disagree. flash popup ads were fucking horrendous.

that said, flash was poisonous. js is venomous.

[–] Oisteink 3 points 1 day ago

I was referring to how it affected website development, not UX.

From my understanding of the article the author has noting against js, just how it affects the development process and architecture choices.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments (7 replies)