So I understand some of the comments streaming down on CloudFlare, but I would like to get to another point entirely.

So people writing apps using crappy coding are cratering Easylist basically through unintentional DDoS. It is the apps that suck. Full Stop.

I have noted over the last five to ten years the general retrograde usability of phone apps and full desktop apps in general. Bad UIs, inconsistent behavior, performance issues on stuff that, at least on the surface, appears to be trivial.

I don't understand what is causing the general slide in quality, but it is clearly visible, and it seems to me, untenable over the near term.

Is it the tools? Is it the app churn pressure? I really do not know, because I work in a very different part of the industry. We have our own issues there, but that has more to do with technology churn (particularly in wireless standards) than in the tools and platforms.

So what is up with the app world, in general, and the web app world in particular? I am all ears, because as I said, I don't work in that space.