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JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)
We replaced simple websites with complex apps nobody asked for. Now it takes a complex build pipeline just to change a headline.
Every sprint, every roadmap, every quarter brings a new initiative: migrate to the latest framework, adopt the new bundler, refactor the routing layer, replace the CMS integration, rebuild the cache. Content strategists and editors are left editing JSON blobs, Markdown files, or headless CMS forms that have no connection to the thing the user actually sees. “Why are we using a full JS framework for a mostly static site?” “Why can’t I update this content without engineering help?” “Why does it take a build pipeline to change a headline?” “Why isn’t this just HTML?”
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