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aranchelk ◴[05 Feb 25 16:48 UTC] No.42951277[source]▶

> Frontend development is a nightmare world of Kafkaesque awfulness I no longer enjoy

> Objects are extremely good at what they're good at. Blind devotion to functional is dumb.

Blind devotion to anything in engineering is dumb, but if you go full functional on the frontend it’s definitely not “Kafkaesque”

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1. tasuki ◴[05 Feb 25 19:16 UTC] No.42953613[source]▶

> if you go full functional on the frontend it’s definitely not “Kafkaesque”

This has been my experience too. Elm on the frontend is easy and delightful.

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2. aranchelk ◴[05 Feb 25 21:03 UTC] No.42955091[source]▶

Right on! I’m using PureScript with an Elm-like framework.

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