- Intermittent fasting (16x8 or at least stop eating after sun down)

- Daily morning pranayama (or 'breath work' if you prefer that term)

- Daily morning intake of copper utensil stored water (~8 hours or overnight)

- Weekly oil pulling for gum health.

This approach feels a bit stoic and neanderthal initially, less attuned to our modern and progressive society, but as effective as Ozempic in long-run (minus the side-effects or addiction).

One way is what I call the "Modular MVC pattern" that involves pure js routing and manual DOM manipulation without using any framework at all. You handle complexity in two ways: by modularizing the "controller" parts into multiple js modules for each route, and "view" parts into multiple HTML partials - and using the event bus pattern if your app gets too complex (as alternative to modern reactive frameworks like react/vue).

Shameless plug: I've tried to implement this exact pattern with limited success in Abhyasa Quiz App[1], a side project.

[1]: https://abhyasa.pages.dev/

The alternative to using tailwind here is to define the specific style elements for each one in the css stylesheets yourself with something like this:

.bg-sky-500 { background-color: blue; }

Tailwind proponents argue that they avoid this "stylesheet hell" by picking ready pre-defined tailwind classes like bg-sky-500, etc. Plus they also argue that this workflow will increase productivity by standardizing "style mindsets" of your dev team who all will think "blue" means "sky-500" (for example).

Maybe it has use cases in deep or professional design work but for most backend or full-stack devs, bootstrap is definitely better than meddling with this structure.

1. Easier learning curve. Bootstrap 5 doesn't assume deep expertise in frontend design. The fact that backend developers can implement it easily without learning arcane concepts like state management or virtual DOM is highly underestimated.

2. Highly Utilitarian. While tailwind markets itself as a "utility first" framework, Bootstrap offers real utility without all the extra fuss. Navbars, modal popups, utility classes for colors and accents like `bg-primary`, `bg-secondary`, etc.— are all built-in and ready to use. How much more utilitarian could you get?

3. Creativity within Uniformity. This point is more about psychology than technology. One of the biggest criticisms of Bootstrap is that "most Bootstrap-built sites look similar". But this is a subjective opinion and ignores the fact that creativity doesn't always equate to reinventing the entire wheel. You can still be creative with configuring a wheel's spokes, tyre colors, tube pressure, etc. on an assembly line - In fact, such creativity is ideal when it helps increase productivity while delivering a standardized, user-friendly experience.

PS: Which one feels simpler and more utilitarian to you?

- Tailwind: `Click me` - Bootstrap: `Click me`

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46597652

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Also open-quiz-commons, the mcq dataset that powers the above quiz app: https://github.com/prahladyeri/open-quiz-commons

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Of course, there is AI, data science, blockchain, etc. but those are different fields. Has webdev itself turned into something like civil or mechanical engineering - a matured field with steady work but less song and dance?

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1. The people pleaser types who know how to use the right technical vocabulary, massage the ego of superiors, attend parties, etc. They typically grow into project managers and IDU heads.

2. The dependency creator types who isn't just a nerd but also knows how to keep control of their systems in their own hands, share only little or ambiguous information rather than open source all knowledge, maybe even fake bugs every now and then to signal who really controls the show, etc. These grow into software architects, CTOs and other roles.

If you aren't one of these two types, a long-term career in corporate IT isn't really for you. You might gain some experience for a while but eventually end up being used or becoming punch bags for these other two types.

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But when it comes to real world usage, many production instances I observe these days still deploy apache a lot. Even cpanel based web hosting (shared or dedicated instances) are more often apache based than nginx.

Is it due to some old habits and dependence on apache specific features like .htaccess support? Or is it the case that apache has actually caught up in the race with ngnix and the performance difference is quite negligible these days?

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For several years, ngrok was practically free, only recently they've started monetizing once it gained popularity.

[1] https://localtunnel.github.io/www/