vatotemking

I get what you mean mate. Could have said the same but you said it better.

Heres how I do it. I just use express.js, sequelize (sqlite) for ORM, nunjucks for templating. Then on the frontend I use VueJs 2 which I use like jQuery - no compile step no components. Throw in some Bootstrap 4.5 because I dont need the new features of 5. Deploy on a $5 lightsail server. Done!

please explain some more. what are the specific examples?

We didnt know when it happened, but we are now at the mercy of AI. Scary times. Everything we do is controlled by algorithms.

Google search has stopped working for me for a long time.

I usually append "stackexchange", "quora", or "reddit" when searching to get useful answers. If you dont do that, you'll get SEOd garbage.

Tip: Use android firefox with ublock and open m.facebook.com

A 10watt solar panel and a step-down module that can charge a powerbank is the simplest, cheapest, most portable option I can think of.

WordPress plugins (and themes) are plagued by freemium versions. SEO has been gamed. Gone are the days of finding a non-freemium, single functionality plugin, that just works. You have to be a seasoned WP developer to wade thru all the crap that is the WP ecosystem, or if all else fails, write your own functionality via functions.php.

Im working on something similar. Mine is a RFID scanner kiosk that uses a local db when offline. How do you manage sync conflicts?

Its been there ever since nodejs was around. Ive been using it for a long time now. I love it as a template engine.

Some people are getting bombed and invaded.

And you complain about moving domain names.

God I hate web developers...

Responsive layouts for varying screen sizes dont exists in the 90s so its not a fair comparison. Responsive Web Design was coined only in 2010. And RAD apps arent tied to the database unlike Retool.

With RAD apps, the barrier to entry is low. You install the IDE from this thing called a CD-ROM, drag some components, add some code to make it reactive (Yes we have reactive components in 1998!). Compile and run.

Rapid Application Development, similar to classic Visual Basic and Borland Delphi. I remember being a college student and we can create GUI apps with relative ease.

Today, even electron is reserved for the experienced web dev. See roadmap.sh

I believed we've lost a lot when we transitioned from desktop apps to web and mobile apps and JavaScript won.

Even ActionScript was way ahead of JS during its time!