"People naturally struggle to perform actions and continue day-to-day tasks with an abundance of choices . Too many indistinguishable choices reduce clarity in the decision-making process and simplicity in every individual task. This abundance of options has negatively affected every field of software engineering, including frontend development. In the past, developing a web app was simple, especially with the limited availability of stable, simple frontend development tools. In 2010, any developer could easily start building a web app to solve any general business requirement using JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, HTML, and CSS. They could use Adobe Dreamweaver or any syntax-highlighting-enabled code editor, and quickly ship the final product via FileZilla FTP."
"Now, developers need to construct an optimal development toolkit for themselves by choosing tools from dozens of frontend frameworks, libraries, languages, build tools, testing frameworks, package managers, code editors, deployment tools, and AI tools, even before writing a single code line. Even after initiating a codebase, they have to observe rapidly changing tools to constantly improve codebases by also migrating to new tools if needed. The abundance of tools has made modern frontend development chaotic. And it's started negatively affecting the frontend developer experience. Let's study how the growth of frontend development created so many tools, and how to manage tool overload."
Abundant, indistinguishable choices impair decision-making and reduce task simplicity across software engineering, including frontend development. Historically, web app development was simpler due to limited, stable frontend tools. In 2010, developers could build general business products using JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, HTML, and CSS, edit code in Dreamweaver or syntax-highlighting editors, and deploy via FileZilla FTP. Modern development requires assembling an optimal toolkit from dozens of frameworks, libraries, languages, build tools, testing frameworks, package managers, editors, deployment tools, and AI tools before writing any code. Rapid tool churn forces continuous migrations and improvements and has made frontend development chaotic, worsening developer experience.
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