Haha - you know what?? You're absolutely right! I know that in my posts, and in some of my responses, I definitely come across as some kind of "Dan Abramov Hater". And that's my fault. I should probably tone that down a bit. Cuz none of my (cranky, heavily-biased) opinions have got a damn thing to do with Abramov. And I'm certain that my tone, at times, undermines my underlying message.
To be absolutely fair, I can't point to a single quote from him, or a single post from him, or anything else directly from him, that ever made me think, "This guy's a douchebag." I can't even point to anything from him that would make me think, "This guy's professional ideas are misguided." It's not faux-humility to state that Abramov has probably forgotten more about JS than I've ever learned.
This is not an excuse (cuz again, I should really tone down the anti-Abramov rhetoric), but I just get really frustrated sometimes with the direction that I see some things going in. And then I look at the person who's perceived as the driver of those directions, and... I start typing angry shit on my keyboard.
More to the point, I get annoyed with the fanboys who follow these "thought leaders" and then pick-and-choose their own misconstrued bits of faux logic to back up their trolling. An example is the "class-based components are being phased out" #FakeNews. Abramov has never said that. The documentation on the React/Hooks site directly refutes that. But the fanboys latch onto the latest thing that was released by Their Lord And Savior, and then they start twisting the narrative to "bolster" their own immature code-shaming.
But that's got nothing to do with Dan, does it? And even as some guy who's cranking out his silly little blogs, I should be a bit more careful (and respectful) with what I write.
Good call-out!
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Haha - you know what?? You're absolutely right! I know that in my posts, and in some of my responses, I definitely come across as some kind of "Dan Abramov Hater". And that's my fault. I should probably tone that down a bit. Cuz none of my (cranky, heavily-biased) opinions have got a damn thing to do with Abramov. And I'm certain that my tone, at times, undermines my underlying message.
To be absolutely fair, I can't point to a single quote from him, or a single post from him, or anything else directly from him, that ever made me think, "This guy's a douchebag." I can't even point to anything from him that would make me think, "This guy's professional ideas are misguided." It's not faux-humility to state that Abramov has probably forgotten more about JS than I've ever learned.
This is not an excuse (cuz again, I should really tone down the anti-Abramov rhetoric), but I just get really frustrated sometimes with the direction that I see some things going in. And then I look at the person who's perceived as the driver of those directions, and... I start typing angry shit on my keyboard.
More to the point, I get annoyed with the fanboys who follow these "thought leaders" and then pick-and-choose their own misconstrued bits of faux logic to back up their trolling. An example is the "class-based components are being phased out" #FakeNews. Abramov has never said that. The documentation on the React/Hooks site directly refutes that. But the fanboys latch onto the latest thing that was released by Their Lord And Savior, and then they start twisting the narrative to "bolster" their own immature code-shaming.
But that's got nothing to do with Dan, does it? And even as some guy who's cranking out his silly little blogs, I should be a bit more careful (and respectful) with what I write.
Good call-out!