This article is full of misrepresentations and lazy takes. The author has had other anti-JS polemics widely upvoted on HN, which were just as carelessly written. But people upvote it anyway.
What is the cause of this?
1. Bad experiences with JavaScript apps that have aggregated complexity (be it essential or incidental complexity)?
2. Non-JS developers mystified and irritated at a bunch of practices they've never really internalised?
3. The undercurrent of "frontend is not real programming" prejudice that existed long before React etc al. and will continue to exist long after it?
What is the cause of this?
1. Bad experiences with JavaScript apps that have aggregated complexity (be it essential or incidental complexity)?
2. Non-JS developers mystified and irritated at a bunch of practices they've never really internalised?
3. The undercurrent of "frontend is not real programming" prejudice that existed long before React etc al. and will continue to exist long after it?