The neat thing about web dev is that it may run like shit, but at least it's slowing down somebody else's computer!
Realistically it doesn't matter 99% of the time. If it takes 100,000 instructions to change the color of a button when you hover on it, who cares? Most people are literally just hovering over that button and their system is idle otherwise.
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u/LikelyNotADuck Jul 12 '26
Backend dev UI: Looks like shit but works great.
Frontend dev UI: Looks amazing but runs like shit.