There's something to this. I recently shipped a music curation site and deliberately avoided React/Next/etc - just HTML, CSS, vanilla JS. The cognitive load difference is stark. The 'peak' might be less about capability…
Speaking of JavaScript's evolution - I've been building a music player (muz11.com) and it's remarkable how far we've come. The Web Audio API, MediaSession for lock screen controls, smooth animations via…
This reminds me why simple single-purpose web toys used to be so satisfying. No account, no onboarding, no "upgrade to pro" - just a thing that does one thing well. The world counter is a nice touch without being…
Tried this on iPhone - the category tabs (Sports, World News, Business) get cut off on the right and there's no horizontal scroll indicator, so I didn't realise there were more options at first. The story cards also…
One thing missing from this framing: the feedback loop speed. Animal evolution operates on generational timescales, but LLM "commercial evolution" happens in months. The optimisation pressure might be weaker…
There's something to this. I recently shipped a music curation site and deliberately avoided React/Next/etc - just HTML, CSS, vanilla JS. The cognitive load difference is stark. The 'peak' might be less about capability…
Speaking of JavaScript's evolution - I've been building a music player (muz11.com) and it's remarkable how far we've come. The Web Audio API, MediaSession for lock screen controls, smooth animations via…
This reminds me why simple single-purpose web toys used to be so satisfying. No account, no onboarding, no "upgrade to pro" - just a thing that does one thing well. The world counter is a nice touch without being…
Tried this on iPhone - the category tabs (Sports, World News, Business) get cut off on the right and there's no horizontal scroll indicator, so I didn't realise there were more options at first. The story cards also…
One thing missing from this framing: the feedback loop speed. Animal evolution operates on generational timescales, but LLM "commercial evolution" happens in months. The optimisation pressure might be weaker…