alt Hacker News> a) developers don't taking any time to optimize, lazy load, cache, minimize dependencies... > ... > b) the 300 tracking scripts every site has to try to squeeze as much revenue as possible
Having seen the dynamics up close, I'd say it's far closer to the truth to say that the reason developers don't have time for a) is because they are having to spend all their time on things like b). I've not met a developer who doesn't want to build a better experience. I have met many developers who can't do so, for reasons outside their control.
Characterising it as "if the developer cares" puts the blame in entirely the wrong place.
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I've seen this happen many times:
Dev: Hey, I added that screen you asked for- take a look and tell me what you think- any layout changes, wording, etc.
PM: Looks great! Okay, the next thing is...
Dev: Hold on! I need to go back and clean up some of the code I put in there to test a few ideas, and there's a loop in there that has some side effects if some if the timing is off.
PM: This looks fine. Let's move on to the next thing..
How can you close the ticket without "taking any time to optimize, lazy load, cache, minimize dependencies..." if that is in the AC/DoD?
Why don't those developers that care put important things the AC/DoD?
I’ve worked with plenty of developers who will argue that it’s fine on their development environment and their machine on the same network with test data and that it must be $OTHER_TEAM who is causing it. Arguably more of them than ones who really care. The problem is it only takes 2-3 of those people to bring the whole thing crashing down.
That's a good point. I didn't mean to demean React developers: I've been one for years and I can't say I optimized everything I could've.
The blame for not caring enough about performance and UX is on the whole industry. That does include developers, but not just them.
It's both. The majority of web developers today suck, plain and simple. They thought they could make a lot of money doing web dev and don't approach engineering as an art form or a science. They just scrape by and do not level up on their own outside of or during work.
I've had to come in and rewrite apps before where the developers had full leeway and still produced an unmaintainable behemoth of third-party components loosely taped together.
Also, React is a nightmare. An absolute minefield with zero cohesive vision, with an ever-changing API and a culture of shaming developers who haven't switched to the new React paradigm-of-the-year. For a framework meant for serious adults, I'd check out mithril. It's small, API-stable and intuitive, and gets right out of your way.