The Market for Lemons

So much of this piece resonates with me. I’ve been there, alongside Alex, since the early days of JavaScript libraries and borne witness to the deception and misdirection from those in the “JavaScript all the things” camp.

[W]e need to move our attention back to the folks that have been right all along. The people who never gave up on semantic markup, CSS, and progressive enhancement for most sites. The people who, when slinging JS, have treated it as special occasion food. The tools and communities whose culture puts the user ahead of the developer and hold evidence of doing better for users in the highest regard.

See also:

• Who Should Pay?
• A Fundamental Disconnect