Stop writing code
summary
Argues for moving work from runtime into the build step and shows concrete tools that already do it, like babel-plugin-macros which compiles JSX tricks into plain assets, a workflow that extracts CSS at compile time so users don’t pay the runtime cost, and utilities such as import-all and parameter macros that generate code from folders or concise syntax. Demonstrations compile server code into browser bundles, a npm package lands and works, and the claim is that better developer UIs will free attention for user experience.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:19Secret
- 0:31Open Source
- 4:10How I learned to do web development
- 4:35Index
- 5:13FB Pokes
- 5:57HTML Templates
- 8:04Inline event handler
- 9:39React example
- 9:50Babel plugins
- 11:02Kent
- 12:12Serverside code
- 12:59Import all
- 13:26Bukhari
- 14:28Stop building UI tools
- 15:24Why cant I do this
- 16:12How you should start
- 16:50Call to arms
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