Reckoning – JavaScript-first frontend culture, how it broke US public services (opens in new tab)

I started with Part 4 intentionally, it stands alone from the other three.

This article is a damning call out of the web development industry and how we've gone down a bad path for the Javascript-first landscape of websites and services.

Part 1: https://infrequently.org/2024/08/the-landscape/

Part 2: https://infrequently.org/2024/08/object-lesson/

Part 3: https://infrequently.org/2024/08/caprock/

If you want to join the discussion, he's releasing each article via his Mastodon account or RSS feed.

https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff