React Bias

Dev perception.

The juxtaposition of The HTTP Archive’s analysis and The State of JS 2020 Survey results suggest that a disproportionately small—yet exceedingly vocal minority—of white male developers advocate strongly for React, and by extension, a development experience that favors thick client/thin server architectures which are given to poor performance in adverse conditions. Such conditions are less likely to be experienced by white male developers themselves, therefore reaffirming and reflecting their own biases in their work.

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Kevin Marks

“a disproportionately small—yet exceedingly vocal minority—of white male developers advocate strongly for React, [giving] poor performance in adverse conditions…less likely to be experienced by…themselves,… reaffirming & reflecting…their own biases…” adactio.com/links/17763

# Posted by Kevin Marks on Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 10:25am

Matt Round

I still haven’t encountered a project that’d be better/faster/cheaper if I used React to build it, maybe it’ll happen one day, who knows adactio.com/links/17763

# Posted by Matt Round on Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 10:42am