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simianwordsyesterday at 8:56 PM4 repliesview on HN

This is a person clearly grieving that his hard earned knowledge in his field is now not that valuable.

It is * exactly * the same as a person who spent years perfecting hand written HTML, just to face the wrath of React.


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vsgherziyesterday at 9:32 PM

Disregarding the fact that Bryan operates oxide a company that has multiple investors and customers (id say this proves valuable knowledge) the crazier fact is that people think html is useless knowledge.

React USES html. Understanding html is core to understanding react. React does not in anyway devalue html in the same way that driving automatic devalues driving manual

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rakel_rakelyesterday at 9:33 PM

https://xkcd.com/1053/

I recommend you go look at some of his talks on Youtube, his best five talks are probably all in my all time top-ten list!

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g-b-ryesterday at 9:48 PM

Your account name is so fitting

Now look up who he actually is.

lapcatyesterday at 8:59 PM

> This is a person clearly grieving that his hard earned knowledge in his field is now not that valuable.

He's co-founder and CTO of his own company, so I think he's doing fine in his field.

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