The Evolution of Modern Web and Homo Frontendalis

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Claims that modern frontend complexity really spikes around 2011 as inflection point, when CSS3 modules and media queries meet NPM and bundlers. Concrete tools named: Gulp vs Grunt for task automation, NPM and bundlers for packages and bundling. Example: a simple clock widget that used to take minutes now becomes a multi-day project because of transpile, bundle, test and deploy steps. Those tools mostly work but they trade simplicity for maintainability.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:56What are Homo Frontendalis
3. 2:50CSS History
4. 6:50Our Journey
5. 7:42Task Runners

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