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Angular It’s You, Not Me – A Breakup Letter

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TLDR:

    * Angular has too many breaking changes  
    * Not a fan of TypeScript  
    * Switching to React  
    * Enjoys writing cringey posts...

how is this trash on the front page?

I flagged this submission. Content like this shouldn't make it on HN.

I think it got voted up without people having read the article.

I am the author of the article. Only meant to make people chuckle, not to offend. It’s just a silly little one-off article that happened to catch some eyes. Sincere apologies to anyone offended by it. I can see how it is not everyone’s cup of tea.

I wouldn't let the HN rabblement get to you too much, I thought it was kind of amusing and silly. There's a huge survivorship bias favoring those who are willing to be vocal about not being able to find humor in certain things. Personifying technology isn't allowed to be funny? I don't buy it. I say, loosen up.

Hey guys, just FYI, don't make sexual analogies between you and technologies in blog posts like this. It's super creepy! Edit: The breakup analogy, while stupid, isn't that creepy, but personifying technologies as sexual relationships sure is. We're technologists, this post can be just as entertaining if the title is "Why I'm No Longer Using Angular"

I think it's all part of the joke that it's creepy.

Maybe it’s creepy for you or a bunch of others. I find it funny, at least until it’s used with caution and in the right contexts. We’re adults, sex and technology (along with a lot of other things) are parts of our life, I really don’t see the problem here.

There is a wide range of human experience, but they are not all appropriate for this context specifically.

It is a lot more creepy people who can't see a sexual analogy without freaking out.

Why do you think your opinion matters that you think something shitty is funny? Default to listening, not arguing in something that's not an argument.

Chill bro. Innocent sexual statements are a trigger for you?

You’re just trying to impose your opinion. Speaking about sex or even a love relation is not shitty. If you’re triggered with it, all I can do is avoiding to talk about it in front of you in person. In all other cases it’s your problem, not mine.

Not up to speed on all the history.

"Yes, I know the “real” explanation as to why you skipped an entire major version. We both know the truth though, don’t we A my sweet. Well I’m not a complete fiend. Your secret is safe with me."

Could someone explain what he's talking about here?

It was in order to keep with SEMVER. Everything Angular was version 2 except for Angular Router, which was version 3. So the team decided to make the next major version 4 to keep them all aligned. http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-...

That makes perfect sense. Unlike this sexually charged fanboi blog post.

Eh? "I'm moving from angular to react because of jsx"? Am I missing something here between the sexual analogies?

You can write Angular 2+ in ES6 (but there are no docs for pure JS). Angular 4 is completely backwards compatible with 2. I upgraded multiple applications at work without changing code. It doesn't seem like the author used Angular 2+ in production much. It just sounds like he was sick of the Angular ecosystem/releases and was ready to move on

> And where’s your ReactNative sweetheart?

It's called NativeScript https://www.nativescript.org/

Cringe

Earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15821725

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15817843

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