![](https://awful.systems/pictrs/image/1abad003-1f2e-48a0-9ab7-372957604db1.jpeg)
![](https://awful.systems/pictrs/image/8651f454-1f76-42f4-bb27-4c64b332f07a.png)
we used to strive for minimum possible front-end payload, and it was an embarrassment to do anything with JS that wasn’t backed up by a non-js default. Will never forget how suddenly React removed all those things from front-end team meetings.
They were solid industry-wide concerns that just… disappeared
I remember seeing an argument on reddit between a css dev that understood the depth of the responsive design philosophy and a dismissive Reacter that shut them down by calling them an old “list-aparter”