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Fernando Araoz: le ブログ
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Fernando Araoz: le ブログ
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title: The responsible tech stack
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title: The responsible tech stack
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description: tech stack
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description: tech stack
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pubDate: 2024/05/20
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pubDate: "2024-05-20"
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caption: ThePrimeagen & Theo, as depicted by the author.
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> TLDR: There's a theoretical "responsible" tech stack that would
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At my first job I worked at a small shop, as "the computer guy". I did
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everything, from converting word files to `pdf`, to mantain 10 years old
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legacy PHP webpages, to implementing internal systems.
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I was the only IT guy, there were around 5-10 call center people and
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the boss only came like 3 times a week.
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After passing an easy interview, I found my predecessor (and their
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predecessors) were stuck in the 90s. Code was directly edited on the
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shared hosting, there was absolutely no version control, a bunch of
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`page final.php`, `page final2.php`, `page final final3.php` files were
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flying around, etc. A total mess.
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So, after collecting and moving around hardware I managed to assemble a
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little """server""" where I installed Ubuntu Server, set up RAID-5,
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SMB file sharing, Gitea for VCS, Jenkins for CI/CD, Docker, etc.
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Something closer to today's tech.
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And then the time came to implement my first internal system, which
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would remove a lot of administrative work that I had to do. This system
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would remain for whoever came after me, and they would have to maintain
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it.
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So, I began to think about what tech stack to use.
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## A first approach
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The administrative work occupied around 90% of my time. I wasn't required
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to improve anything, making a system was my own initiative, to be less
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stressed and have more time to do actual dev things. So an idea I had
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at the time was to use whatever was the fastest way to start.
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Since it was to be deployed on an internal server, I could use (almost)
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any tech stack. I was only limited by a remote MySQL database. And since
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I was the only IT guy there, I could do whatever I wanted.
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I decided to use Node.js with Nest.js and Solid.js, as it was the
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tech I had used the most at the time. In a few days I had a small MVP,
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and as time passed I added more functionalities and logic.
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Eventually, I was able to automate almost all administrative work with
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my system. The system had a few bugs here and there, but since I made
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the thing, I knew exactly how to solve it.
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After some time, as I added more features and requirements changed,
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working with a SSR-JS-FE-Framework proved to be a pain. The code
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became a mess, it was hard to make changes and ensure that previous
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functionality didn't broke, and I may or may not have manually used
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bleeding edge Server Side Rendering not made for Nest.js.
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And then, I was told that there would be a new person on IT, part time,
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as business was growing. So, as the junior dev that I was, I decided
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that it was time to do a rewrite.
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## Using what I knew & liked
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I had been learning Rust on my free time, and I fell in love with the
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language. It was (and still is) my favorite language, almost perfect,
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in my opinion. So when time for a rewrite came, I decided to evaluate
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what I knew & liked:
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- I learned Java at uni, but I didn't really like the verbosity.
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- I already used Node.js, it was a mess. And even with TypeScript,
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its not the same as a strongly typed language.
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- Python? Meh.
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- Rust... How about Rust...
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So, I did some research on Rust web frameworks. I explored Leptos,
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Dioxus, Rocket, Axum, raw html templates, even Tauri. In the end, I
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decided to rewrite the backend in Rust with Rocket, reuse the
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Solid.js frontend minus the SSR, and communicate between REST.
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It was a success. I was able to rewrite the backend quickly,
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errors went down to almost zero, it was **blazingly fast**, and I
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enjoyed developing the system. Perfect.
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## A new system
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After learning of my successful implementation, my boss wanted me
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to develop a new internal system, this time to be used by the other
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staff at the company. So, I went back to the drawing board.
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But this time, there were some different circumstances. Mainly, that
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the requirements would change a lot during, and after development.
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And so my successors would have to constantly maintain and improve
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the system. So, what tech stack to use?
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At the time, I was being red-pilled by ThePrimeagen into using htmx.
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There was the possibility to use Rust as a full-stack language.
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However, how many people knew about Rust? And HTMX? If I used those,
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would the people after me be able to maintain (let alone improve)
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the system? Would me leaving lead to the demise of the company?
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Was I being too delusional?
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I began to think what would be the best course of action. At my
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university we all learned Java, and it along with C# was very common
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in my city. Node.js was beginning to pop up, and there was a lot
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of PHP. Really mid languages tbh.
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here and there. Tailwind was the new shiny thing (this is 2023).
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Some ex-classmates I asked didn't know there were things outside React.
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Like Solid, Svelte, Astro, etc. And they didn't know there were other
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programming languages. No one knew what Rust, or Go, or Elixir were.
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But I knew about these knew things. I had used them successfully, and
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they are better. So, I thought:
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I could use new tech, develop **blazingly fast** by myself, as fault-tolerant
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of a system as possible, such that the system would continue to work,
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and few changes would be required in the future. But, future workers
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would not be able to understand the system, and they would have to learn
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Rust & HTMX (which tbh I don't have a lot of faith people would be able to).
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Or, I could use whatever people use. Maybe some PHP with Laravel and React.
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Or even Java if I felt fancy. I would be misserable developing it,
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there would be many opportunities for bugs, and more maintenance would
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be required in the future. But, future workers would be able to do such
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## The responsible stack
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So, **I** could be happy and **blazingly fast** and productive and efficient,
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and build a reliable piece of software that would have better chances to work
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correctly and reliably;
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but the company would have trouble hiring, new people would get in trouble
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because they have to learn Rust and HTMX before they could even read the code but
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the boss wants new features by yesterday, they might become frustrated and
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resign, etc, etc. Not very good looking forward.
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Or, I could be the adult, pick well established and understood technologies
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with a large talent pool, facilitate the future of the company in spite of
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(possibly) developing a worse product, and perpetuating the current system
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of **if it ain't broke don't fix it**, promoving inadequate technologies
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and ultimately, contributing to the users having a worse experience, such
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that future devs have a better experience.
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JUST USE REACT!! IT'S INDUSTRY STANDARD!!
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[\*\*cue in sad defeat music\*\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdofmoYcJNE)
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Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you React, don't make a
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SPA, make life take the React back. Get mad! I don't want your damn
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React meta frameworks, what am I supposed to do with these?
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Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could
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give ~~Cave Johnson~~ React.
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Do you know who I am? I'm the man who is going to BURN your house DOWN! With the
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React. I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible RUST FRAMEWORK
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that BURNS your house DOWN!
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