Sure but you're also constrained to only one platform. It's like the C++ vs Python argument in ML, yes writing everything in low level high speed highly optimized native code would be perfect, but ain't (almost) nobody got fucking time or skill for that.
"Lack of skill" is a real problem I've seen grow over the past decade.
No matter the company I'm with or in conversations with others at other places, there just hasn't been a solid intake of junior programmers / sysadmins / network engineers / etc.
Which sucks, because now there's very few junior staff to teach, which makes backfills harder.
Any junior positions that do seem to happen are just a money funnel to offshoring and the results are /mostly/ less than stellar and ultimately aren't setup to solve the knowledge transfer problem in a meaningful, long-term way.
A lot of us just don't want to be web developers. I mostly write IEC 61131 code, with sprinkles of BASIC (yuck), C, Perl, and Lisp. I've used JavaScript and quite frankly, you can keep it.
Because the browser is gross and you can reclaim lot of performance and security when you don't need to use it.
Sure but you're also constrained to only one platform. It's like the C++ vs Python argument in ML, yes writing everything in low level high speed highly optimized native code would be perfect, but ain't (almost) nobody got fucking time or skill for that.
"Lack of skill" is a real problem I've seen grow over the past decade.
No matter the company I'm with or in conversations with others at other places, there just hasn't been a solid intake of junior programmers / sysadmins / network engineers / etc.
Which sucks, because now there's very few junior staff to teach, which makes backfills harder.
Any junior positions that do seem to happen are just a money funnel to offshoring and the results are /mostly/ less than stellar and ultimately aren't setup to solve the knowledge transfer problem in a meaningful, long-term way.
Cross-platform toolkits are (still) a thing.
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I mean, why aren't the apps on your phone all just webapps, right? (Also, eww)
Mostly because native apps can track you far more invasively than web apps can, and companies are hungry for your private data.
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A lot of us just don't want to be web developers. I mostly write IEC 61131 code, with sprinkles of BASIC (yuck), C, Perl, and Lisp. I've used JavaScript and quite frankly, you can keep it.
Does anyone else think javascript bad? Wow brave!
Having personal preferences is brave? I've got tons of those! Maybe I'll go start some bar fights.
If you want something better than UI designed for toddlers
Offices when the performance matters against shitty web apps.