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joshaber
Personal blog · joshaber.github.ioprogrammingweb
joshaber is a personal blog at joshaber.github.io about programming and web. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Josh Aber's posts for his argument that React and React Native encourage better UI design patterns, summed up as "learn once, write everywhere" rather than write once, run everywhere.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /2015/01/30/why-react-native-matters/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-02-06
What Hacker News says?
It's not about "Write once, run everywhere" but rather about "Learn once, write everywhere". React-Native encourages better design patterns for UI, especially on iOS. This blog post summed it up perfectly for me: https://joshaber.github.io/2015/01/30/why-react-native-matte...
Comment linking /2015/01/30/why-react-native-matters/
on “First Impressions Using React Native”Submitted Why React Native Matters as a story · 4 points
HN discussionPresentation author here. I didn't publish this to HN myself, it was just discovered by someone among my repos. Some important things I want to make clear: 1. React is revolutionary. I really like the core idea inside it, which is basically just this https://joshaber.github.io/2015/01/30/why-react-native-matte... 2. Apart from the core ideas, the surfacing API has its problems: synchronous render (a problem for serv…
Comment linking /2015/01/30/why-react-native-matters/
on “Don't React”