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Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by lol768 »

whycombagator wrote: post #7
chrisrickard wrote: post #4

Serverside Rendering * https://laravel-livewire.com * https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view * https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor edit: added blazor

Also Blazor[0] [0] https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor

Blazor's WebAssembly variant is much more interesting and exciting in my opinion than the server-side model. Finally, a language for the frontend that's a joy to use.

Still early days of course, but something I'll be watching closely.

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by DeonPenny »

How machine learning will be used with physical tech unlike many other software tech. Everything from generative design, to designing new chemicals, self driving cars, and everything between I believe will be very big in the future.

I also think unlike software it will take very few of those new technologies to change how we live in a huge way.

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by freehunter »

pdog wrote: post #21
lykr0n wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm having flashbacks to 2013 where JS was used to enhance the experience, not build it.

The golden age of web app development was 2012-2013. The state of the art in the browser was jQuery and ES5. CoffeeScript was mature and stable. The Express framework and Node.js 0.8 were perfect for server-side JavaScript. It was blazing fast, unopinionated, and minimal. It's too bad it didn't last.

The reason it didn’t last is because of blog-driven development. How does Udemy make money if everyone is using Rails with CoffeeScript and JQuery? How does Medium drive new articles and new authors? They can’t. So new authors have to drive new trends, which their audience grabs onto and forces into the mainstream.

Recently I had a discussion on here about React vs PHP. The conclusion seemed to be that PHP died for no reason and on second thought it’s more popular now than it’s ever been. That might be a mainstream opinion today but five years ago? How dare you speak against the React/Node hegemony.

Hopefully people come around to the idea that newer is not always better and older tech is sometimes only considered outdated because the trendy blogs don’t talk about those languages/frameworks anymore. JavaScript everywhere isn’t the answer and server side languages/frameworks are often better.

Phoenix LiveView might not win but it’s certainly going to define what the web looks like over the next few years.

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by maverick2007 »

erulabs wrote: post #29

- Grime music. A UK hybrid of hip-hop and punk, with a focus on showing poverty as a cold reality rather than a hardened persona - removing the "gang" in favor of the "pang". Honesty and sadness in mainstream music is on its way back. - Self-hosting. A hugely growing movement to host server-side software yourself (on a cloud provider or at home). De-platforming is not possible unless ordinary citizens can host applic…

I love grime but only know the more mainstream artists (stormzy, dizzee rascal, bugzy Malone), do you have any recommendations for any more under the radar artists?

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by freehunter »

mtrpcic wrote: post #19
truculent wrote: post #12

The right answer is something climate related. I’m not knowledgeable enough to say exactly what, though.

This implies there's only one right answer, which I disagree with.

Nearly every reply in this thread only lists one answer though?

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by kscottz »

leahcim wrote: post #6

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter.

Black live matter more than the next stupid tech trend to ride the Gartner hype cycle. Tech that doesn't include everyone shouldn't be built. Stop reading HN and get out into the streets and support your fellow human beings.

Re: Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?

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Post by 6510 »

erulabs wrote: post #29

- Grime music. A UK hybrid of hip-hop and punk, with a focus on showing poverty as a cold reality rather than a hardened persona - removing the "gang" in favor of the "pang". Honesty and sadness in mainstream music is on its way back. - Self-hosting. A hugely growing movement to host server-side software yourself (on a cloud provider or at home). De-platforming is not possible unless ordinary citizens can host applic…

Great stuff, keep up the good work!
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