OLolalonde·Apr 16, 2017Submission
1 points · Open discussiontj
mmake
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tj / mmake
mmake
Modern Make
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Observed mentions: 2017-02-15 23:16:07 UTC to 2017-04-16 18:43:42 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Feb 13 | 2017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb 20 | 2017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 27 | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6 | 2017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 13 | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 20 | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 27 | 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3 | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 10 | 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesThat's what every sane developer does and has been doing since the beginning of Node.js including tj (of express.js, koa, ... fame) [1] so you're in good company.
I remember a hilarious comment about "build systems becoming obsolete in year" (supposedly referring to the like of webpack, babel, grunt/gulp/broccoli, css.next if anyone is actually using it, etc.).
The newest trend as of a year ago is to ... use shell scripting [2].
[1]: https://github.com/tj/mmake
[2]: https://medium.freecodecamp.com/why-i-left-gulp-and-grunt-fo...
In Modern JavaScript for Ancient Web DevelopersIs this supposed to be a reference to churn in Javascript-land? I think "JS fatigue" is a meme of yesteryear (and frankly, something I hear only from those without any experience with it at all, or with an investment in alternate platforms). Node.js with its rich tooling and integrations is the platform to beat for Web apps (but not necessarily content-driven sites) still in 2017.
You don't have to use babel, webpack, and co.; there are (and always have been) simple make-based workflows eg. https://github.com/tj/mmake for asset management.
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