Why don’t more developers “use the platform”?

kept by eddie oct 05

The article examines why developers often avoid native web platform features, citing historical gaps, familiarity, documentation, enjoyment of building, and AI's influence on code choices.

Why don’t more developers “use the platform”?
Developers often avoid native web platform features due to historical gaps, familiarity with libraries, better documentation, and personal enjoyment of building things themselves.
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The post shows how to use CSS custom properties, object-fit, object-position, clamp, and container queries to crop images while keeping a chosen focal point centered.
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Twenty Years of jQuery: How a Little Library Rewired Web Development - InfoQ
jQuery, launched in 2006, democratized web development with a cross-browser API but has waned as modern frameworks and native browser APIs replace it, though it still runs on 66% of websites.
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