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Johannes Herrnegger 🚒

App & Web Development

4y ago

Within Ship 30 for 30 I want to write about Personal Development, Human Behavior and App & Web Development

The Burden of a JavaScript Developer
Johannes Herrnegger 🚒

And it happened again. I just could not resist. Like the alluring Sirens singing their seductive song to Odysseus β€” only this time they sing about a new JavaScript framework I should try.

If you don't come from the web development world you have to know that this is a regular thing. The range of libraries and frameworks on the market is so huge that you probably need a few lifetimes to grasp everything. And it grows. Every day there are thousands of developers working on their own little new library or framework that fits exactly their needs and that they need to present to the world.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good thing, there is progress in the JavaScript landscape. But for us developers, one of our most important jobs is to refrain from this constant FOMO on new stuff. If you're constantly checking out on the latest things, there is no time of actually building your stuff.

I got pretty good at that. At goodbag they already had a working app when I joined so this decision was already made. And although I knew different options that I wanted to try more, I am very happy today that this decision was taken from me.

Over the last days I was finding myself again flirting with this new attractive framework. But this time I'll follow the voices of the Sirens. Sometimes it's just fun to play and get your feet into new fields. Who knows what can be found there? And maybe, just maybe it will be the perfect one. The one my heart was longing for such a long time. And then it will be the last one I will ever try.