<story><title>Preact, a fast 3k React alternative</title><url>http://developit.github.io/preact/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>terrortrain</author><text>Nope. People should always create and attempt improve upon whats out there.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t try to stifle innovation for the sake of making decisions simpler.&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;#x27;t want to make decisions, don&amp;#x27;t use libraries, or use an opinionated framework.</text></item><item><author>Cartwright2</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure that we should be doing this.&lt;p&gt;Yes, it stands to reason that if you take framework X, cut out a lot of functionality, remove some of the &amp;quot;ugly&amp;quot; code that addresses edge cases, then you end up with a similar, reduced framework which is smaller in file size.&lt;p&gt;But this is done at the cost of polluting the Javascript framework environment. The biggest problem right now is pollution, we&amp;#x27;re all drinking from the fire hose of frameworks and someone needs to cut the supply so we can double-down on the good stuff and stop jumping from one framework to the next like a plastic bag caught in a strong breeze.&lt;p&gt;Preact is now a decision point for any developer who Googles &amp;quot;react alternative&amp;quot; and scans far enough through the search results. This isn&amp;#x27;t right. This contributes to decision fatigue. It&amp;#x27;s time to stop churning out new frameworks that are only marginally different from what&amp;#x27;s already available.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Cartwright2</author><text>&amp;gt; People should always create and attempt improve upon whats out there. Don&amp;#x27;t try to stifle innovation...&lt;p&gt;I agree completely and my argument is that a lot of the Javascript libraries being pushed around over the past three to four years are neither creative nor improvements over what already exists. React is innovative. Redux is (arguably) innovative. jQuery was innovative. Many other libraries have been innovative. I&amp;#x27;m arguing against the hundreds upon hundreds of &amp;quot;me too&amp;quot; libraries that make it so much harder to find the truly innovative stuff. These libraries do nothing but add to decision fatigue. Developers have to make decisions, sure, but we need to have limits too.</text></comment>
<story><title>Preact, a fast 3k React alternative</title><url>http://developit.github.io/preact/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>terrortrain</author><text>Nope. People should always create and attempt improve upon whats out there.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t try to stifle innovation for the sake of making decisions simpler.&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;#x27;t want to make decisions, don&amp;#x27;t use libraries, or use an opinionated framework.</text></item><item><author>Cartwright2</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure that we should be doing this.&lt;p&gt;Yes, it stands to reason that if you take framework X, cut out a lot of functionality, remove some of the &amp;quot;ugly&amp;quot; code that addresses edge cases, then you end up with a similar, reduced framework which is smaller in file size.&lt;p&gt;But this is done at the cost of polluting the Javascript framework environment. The biggest problem right now is pollution, we&amp;#x27;re all drinking from the fire hose of frameworks and someone needs to cut the supply so we can double-down on the good stuff and stop jumping from one framework to the next like a plastic bag caught in a strong breeze.&lt;p&gt;Preact is now a decision point for any developer who Googles &amp;quot;react alternative&amp;quot; and scans far enough through the search results. This isn&amp;#x27;t right. This contributes to decision fatigue. It&amp;#x27;s time to stop churning out new frameworks that are only marginally different from what&amp;#x27;s already available.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pacomerh</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m supporting this mentality. You should always be looking for ways to make existing things better. This is exactly how React was born damn it.</text></comment>