Ask HN: Getting tired of complexity in web development
I call this the &quot;path to enlightenment.&quot; You have discovered that the most popular toolchain is overkill for 95% of the things its used for.<p>The problem is that&#x27;s true literally across the board. You move to the backend and you have to deal with people who fell in love with microservices and weird databases that they didn&#x27;t need. You move to ops and you have to deal with k8s when a single container would do. If you try mobile app development, let me know, I&#x27;ve never tried but I doubt it&#x27;s exempt.<p>Why does this happen? No idea, but it&#x27;s not lost on me that a lot of these things are backed by huge companies with giant piles of money who are using them as marketing.<p>The only thing you can do (besides leave it all behind and open a taqueria) is be a voice for simplicity. What are we going to build? What tools make sense for it?<p>The problem I&#x27;m running into is a lot of people <i>expect</i> to use React in the same way many of us once relied on jquery. So if that&#x27;s the case and we must use some React, what can I do to use it in the simplest and clearest way possible?