The downside of '26 years of web developer experience' — an unhelpful belief about how to write frontend code
I’m 37 today (2025), but I started coding for the web 26 years ago at around 11 (~1999). That’s “26 years of web developer experience,” but I’ve realised it also bred an unhelpful belief about how to write frontend code.
I started with Windows Notepad at school, producing HTML pages for Internet Explorer 4. Early tools included Dreamweaver (pre-Macromedia) and Microsoft FrontPage. Without a FrontPage license at home, I used Microsoft Publisher (yes, the desktop publishing app). Horrible tools, but that’s all an 11-year-old had in the late 90s. Only one other person I knew was doing the same — Chris, if you’re reading this, thanks for the inspiration!
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James is a "full stack" Open Source enthusiast, who enjoys creating no-nonsense open source software.