Ask HN: I'm away from the software industry since 2017; what has happened since?

Post by henrikschroder » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 6:40 PM UTC

oscargrouch wrote: post #38

collyw wrote: post #25

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I am a Python / Django guy given the choice. Python may be a slow language, but I haven't seen many places where python is the cause of the bottleneck. Rewrite stuff so that the database is doing the heavy lifting, and add the appropriate indexes and you shouldn't have any problems. SPA's are a pain in the arse. Usually close to twice the amount of code to avoid page refreshes. Usually the apps are way slower than a…

I dont know if is just a impression of mine, but people are getting more realistic and less romantic about this stuff, really understanding the limits and the use-cases, letting Python do what it does best but leaving some parts of the system to be managed in a AOT-compiled platform like C. I think a lot of people got burn when they adhered to the "i want to use just this thing for everything" mantra, which is pure i…

Post by henrikschroder » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 6:41 PM UTC

aeoleon wrote: post #35

collyw wrote: post #25

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I am a Python / Django guy given the choice. Python may be a slow language, but I haven't seen many places where python is the cause of the bottleneck. Rewrite stuff so that the database is doing the heavy lifting, and add the appropriate indexes and you shouldn't have any problems. SPA's are a pain in the arse. Usually close to twice the amount of code to avoid page refreshes. Usually the apps are way slower than a…

I disagree. I think SPA's are fantastic. Sure, they can be misused, but so can most things. I'm an intermediate level web developer. I enjoy working with ReactJS-- I like that it's a framework and way of doing things. 1. manages to accomplish everything that I need to get done 2. has a huge community & huge amount of open source reactjs components available 3. is highly customizable If one isn't going to use a modern…

Post by ithrow » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 6:53 PM UTC

aeoleon wrote: post #35

collyw wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a Python / Django guy given the choice. Python may be a slow language, but I haven't seen many places where python is the cause of the bottleneck. Rewrite stuff so that the database is doing the heavy lifting, and add the appropriate indexes and you shouldn't have any problems. SPA's are a pain in the arse. Usually close to twice the amount of code to avoid page refreshes. Usually the apps are way slower than a…

I disagree. I think SPA's are fantastic. Sure, they can be misused, but so can most things. I'm an intermediate level web developer. I enjoy working with ReactJS-- I like that it's a framework and way of doing things. 1. manages to accomplish everything that I need to get done 2. has a huge community & huge amount of open source reactjs components available 3. is highly customizable If one isn't going to use a modern…

Post by BossingAround » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 7:08 PM UTC

muzani wrote: post #4

I think React is "winning" the framework competition, if we're judging from number of jobs. It seems like a business decision for many people - React can make websites and apps, and it's probably easier. I haven't had enough experience to say, but it seems like Java; not necessarily the best tool, but something easy to hire for. Flutter is also coming in hard on mobile. Also not something I've had enough experience t…

Post by BossingAround » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

verdverm wrote: post #37

collyw wrote: post #27

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We moved from one big box to Kubernetes. Now we have a load of kubernetes related problems to fix.

Learning pains? It is more complex, but the efforts will return value. Email me if you'd like some help debugging and stabilizing