Comments on: The Web Bores Me http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/ Posts and pointers on software, art, math, noise, and other obsessions... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Vasudev Ram http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-7577 Vasudev Ram Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-7577 Nice post. >And so much harder than it should be. I agree. I think people have been forgetting about this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle" rel="nofollow">KISS</a> And also it is harder because people have been forgetting (or never knew in the first place) some of the basics of good software development, such as modularization, and writing clear, readable code. Desktop apps that can "speak web" is a nice idea - been thinking on those lines myself too ... and so have some others. - Vasudev Ram Nice post.

>And so much harder than it should be.

I agree. I think people have been forgetting about this: KISS

And also it is harder because people have been forgetting (or never knew in the first place) some of the basics of good software development, such as modularization, and writing clear, readable code.

Desktop apps that can “speak web” is a nice idea - been thinking on those lines myself too … and so have some others.

- Vasudev Ram

]]> By: vanessa http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5641 vanessa Fri, 30 May 2008 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5641 @ruzz, that's a fine way of putting it. :) For myself, I don't do strictly web development for exactly that reason: there's just not enough satisfaction in it. Thanks for your comments. @ruzz, that’s a fine way of putting it. :) For myself, I don’t do strictly web development for exactly that reason: there’s just not enough satisfaction in it. Thanks for your comments.

]]> By: ruzz http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5640 ruzz Fri, 30 May 2008 21:14:45 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5640 even though things have got better and better, and the solutions we are able to provide are more and more intricate, i still feel very underwhelmed with the problems we are solving. theres nothing inspirational about the work. it's making widgets in a widget factory at this point. once you've solved enough complex problems to feel satisfied with your skill, it becomes tiring. I look at some of the innovations in Leopard, and I think, man, we're wearing handcuffs in the web world while other people get to dream up ways to make things work. in the name of being general in our choice of platforms (the web) we have given up a decade and a half of meaningful advancement in development. all this and being amazing at this doesn't even get you laid. even though things have got better and better, and the solutions we are able to provide are more and more intricate, i still feel very underwhelmed with the problems we are solving. theres nothing inspirational about the work. it’s making widgets in a widget factory at this point. once you’ve solved enough complex problems to feel satisfied with your skill, it becomes tiring.

I look at some of the innovations in Leopard, and I think, man, we’re wearing handcuffs in the web world while other people get to dream up ways to make things work.

in the name of being general in our choice of platforms (the web) we have given up a decade and a half of meaningful advancement in development.

all this and being amazing at this doesn’t even get you laid.

]]> By: caxqueiroz http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5192 caxqueiroz Sat, 10 May 2008 03:12:34 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5192 Hi there, I share the same feeling. I hate developing web apps. That's why I am also going to the cocoa world ;) Hi there, I share the same feeling. I hate developing web apps. That’s why I am also going to the cocoa world ;)

]]> By: vanessa http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5181 vanessa Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:06 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5181 Hi Edward, nice to hear from you again. I'm fine. Busy. And you? Hi Edward, nice to hear from you again. I’m fine. Busy. And you?

]]> By: Edward http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5180 Edward Fri, 09 May 2008 17:04:48 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2008/05/09/the-web-bores-me/#comment-5180 Hello Vanessa, How are you going? It's been centuries since the last time I chat to you. I hope you are doing great. Keep me touch. Cheers, Edward Hello Vanessa,

How are you going? It’s been centuries since the last time I chat to you. I hope you are doing great. Keep me touch.

Cheers,
Edward

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