That's an interesting review of the technology, because to me what you've described raises a lot of red flags. I've read - and written! - plenty of code where the author clearly hasn't taken the time to learn the tools that they're using, and just hacked around in circles until they've got everything to work. And that code is usually bad - difficult to extend or change, poorly abstracted, difficult to understand, etc. It has its place, and I understand why people (including myself) write like that sometimes, but I wouldn't want it to become the norm.
It sounds like these sorts of tools are making it easier to get started with new ideas, but I'm intrigued to see what long-term maintenance is going to look like.
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That's an interesting review of the technology, because to me what you've described raises a lot of red flags. I've read - and written! - plenty of code where the author clearly hasn't taken the time to learn the tools that they're using, and just hacked around in circles until they've got everything to work. And that code is usually bad - difficult to extend or change, poorly abstracted, difficult to understand, etc. It has its place, and I understand why people (including myself) write like that sometimes, but I wouldn't want it to become the norm.
It sounds like these sorts of tools are making it easier to get started with new ideas, but I'm intrigued to see what long-term maintenance is going to look like.