Fair enough. Keep in mind I've been working on this for close to 5 years. Basically around the time I realized KnockoutJS was going to die out and React was for good reason going to win. Here is an article about why this library exists: https://dev.to/ryansolid/why-solidjs-do-we-need-another-js-u...
For sure. Which is why in the early years I just did my thing. Win the benchmark battles and move on with my life. But then this whole React Hooks thing came about. And Vue Composition API. Even Svelte 3, and I was like.. there is a better way. I tried to convince those libraries of this but hit walls. So I just kept writing articles and demonstrating it. And here we are today. Some else posted it on here and for the first time I believe it is on the front page of Hacker News. Years later.
You could think of a library like this as an argument in a conversation about frontend. One that is demonstrated and backed by an actual implementation. As such, I'd say it is valuable regardless of npm download counts.
I'm sure he could also have spent that time at $company, helping to plumb gossip and cat memes a bit more efficiently. I'm sure that would have been more lucrative as well.
Dude, just let him have his fun and stop with the needless negativity. You don't know what the future holds and being rude for the sake of being rude, says quite a bit about you as a person.
I don't think I was being rude in any way. I agree that it is fun. But then its a slim chance that its going to be widely adopted. how come bringing that up is rude?
Don't worry I didn't find the initial comment rude. I get what you are saying and I respect not everyone has time to read a 9 min article. Just know that I'm very aware of it and reflect on it in that article and a lot of writing on Solid.
> If your library/framework/etc's goal is to make life slightly better, just don't do it.
> is fun and beneficial for the individual. YOu just have higher chances of staring a unicorn co, than creating a js library that is widely adopted.
OK, but this thing scored like 600 extra stars in 1 day. And already has over 2K stars. I get you're discounting that. But people like it and are using it. Some dude worked years on it. And you try to trivialize all of that positivity by saying well it's just fun for an individual, as if it's nothing more than fun, as if all the other people who like it don't matter. Which is a lie. He's made something that's more than just him. Something people like. And you're giving the advice, "Oh, all that you did, just don't." as if you're so much smarter than this guy who has created this amazing thing. And, yeah, I get you're dismissing that because it's not "as big as" whatever.
Sure, you're right from your perspective. But how useful is your perspective? And...holding that perspective, how can you really appreciate this work?
You dream of building something better than what is. In some area. Eng dreams. We can all relate.
In the framework space, does any tool really have all the answers? No. Improvements can be made. So make them. Totally good thing to do.
Seems you think you don't have a useful comment to offer, so you just land mean criticism. You know it's mean. That's your point. You feel low, then on HN and see this library written by this dude, get angry and unleash on here. Sure, you feel better for a time, but you hurt other people.
Yeah, I get that putting yourself above this work, and this guy, and dismissing and trivializing the guy and the work, makes you feel better, by comparison. But that's just about what you need to believe, in the moment, to feel good, as a result of whatever situation you're in. It's not about this guy, and it's not about the reality for people using it.
I don't know Ryan, but I've faced this sort of comments from the internet before. It hurts. It gets in the way. It makes you, the commenter, come across as...some sort of inhuman troll. Which of course, you're not!
I'm not trying to change your mind. I get the pain you're feeling to want to say stuff like that. Just trying to point out that what you're doing is bad. For you, and others. Yeah, I guess that's your point, but people can choose different things.
The way I see it, apart from being bad for trying to hurt others, being cruel like this is a huge disservice to you. That's my appeal to you.
I'm trying to read beyond the meanness in your comments to see your actual thoughts on this. And I think they're valid. Actually I want to know about your criticism of the eng landscape and what you think. But when you land this cruel hit, but leave off explaining how you actually think, you let everyone down. Including yourself. Because you do have something interesting to say. what you offer is not just meanness. I genuinely believe that.
Don't care if you don't.
What you did this time, is not great. Plus it's bad karma for you. Hopefully next time you only comment on someone's work if you make kind comments and share your true perspective. That would be valuable! Hope you have a good one :)
