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Since I sort of left the coding/computer industry for a period of about 14 years (and when I was in it before, I was a teenager), I don't remember so many of these "fad things" going on. I assume now more than back then, there has been a large increase in the number of users who regularly use computer programs thanks to the smartphone and tablets.
But I'm noticing these rather annoying fads and trends, which make me as a new, ADULT coder now, cringe.
Hard to explain, and I think this is more of a designer/marketing thing than anything else... But we all probably know what a startup website looks like. They all follow the same pattern of having a big huge flashy landing page with a call to action, and then it sorta goes downhill from there... That is, if it ever started at the top of the hill to begin with. This "style" of site can be seen hereOur Work - Mopro[^] . This is only one company's examples, but they illustrate the general idea of what type of site Im talking about if you aren't familiar.
The other thing I see a lot of are these trying-to-be-clean-and-simple-but-use-buzzwords types of approaches... I keep seeing startups like insert-your-verb-here+ify and videos like MongoDB's intro videoWhat is MongoDB? | MongoDB - YouTube[^] which quite frankly, are beginning to turn even me, as a 27 year old, off.
Why do these people think they need to talk like this? Do they think we're idiots? Why is everyone trying to be "simple?" Why is thought being discouraged so much and there is this huge emphasis on "just using something" rather than understanding it? Don't get me wrong, I understand not everyone is a techie, but the thing that separates us humans from animals is indeed the mind, so if anything, we should be exercising it, not reducing it. Is it because the younger generations are lazy or conditioned to dislike education? I can't stand this ideology.
Has anyone else noticed this trend or have any viewpoints on this? To be honest, I feel like Apple started this sh*t as a marketing scheme (smart) to sell their products to the dumbasses around the world (harsh, I know... Dont take it too seriously :P) and now everyone's trying to copy them and jump on this "sleek, simple, it just works" bandwagon... And they think they're being original and cool by doing it. Yeah, we'll see.
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Many web sites including the provided example are generated by various content management systems with predefined templates. That is why they look similar.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I have the same feeling. "simple" in these days seems to mean not "concise" but "dumb down", "simple minded", "opioninated", etc. It's the information providers who think about and filter/choose information for the clients rather than provide full information to the clients and (construct tools to) help the clients to think clearer, to have their own opion, and make their own choices. I think these "simplifications" are overdone, although it is quite "successful" in gaining the market.
The kind of websites styling may attract a child or young people, but I am not young anymore ...
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Oh God, since I wrote this post, I just ran into another one: "Teachable"
I swear to God, if I hear one more "able" "ify" "ly" startup name...
Do these people seriously think that name is catchy or unique at all? Get outta here!
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Omg, I almost cried!! 
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The same thing happens in TV advertising, at least here in the UK. Almost every product these days is "voted product of the year" (by whom one asks, but see Dave Gorman[^]'s take), "5-star rated" (by whom again), or (some variation of) "designed for you". Just meaningless drivel.
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Excellent
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Yes, I have noticed such things, about since the arrival of the C64.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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You would love this[^] forum.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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TheOnlyRealTodd wrote: sleek, simple, it just works"
If only...
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I can certainly confirm that playing bagpipes is bad for you health.
... If you play them near to me, at least.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Gesundheit!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Bagpipes - Next to a march of John Philip Sousa they rate a pathetic "bleah!" for being a barely tolerable cacophony of screeching noises! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Quote: a barely tolerable cacophony of screeching noises
Why are you talking about Justin Beiber all of a sudden?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Now you are insulting bagpipes! As I said, bagpipes are barely tolerable. Bieber is totally intolerable! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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You would think the sound would sterilize everything in a 100 foot radius.
Marc
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No.. I very much enjoy the sound of bagpipes.
When I pass, I've asked that bagpipes be played at my funeral; my only regret is that I won't be able to hear it.
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Sounds like a market opening to me.
HEPA filters that can be inserted into bagpipes without affecting the sound. If that were in my wheelhouse I'd be all over it.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipe, and who does not
You always obtain more by being rather polite and armed than polite only.
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I hope I could get help developing this. I am not done with stuff, want to publish examples. Don't know how to code either. It would be similar to 80's basic (vsbasic)  , with new ideas.
http://rozzo.0catch.com/plp.htm
Any takers?
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Not really. (will not even go to the link).
sorry.
I'd rather be phishing!
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You could try here: Collaboration / Beta Testing Discussion Boards[^]
But... don't just give a link to a random site, few of us will follow it, given that we have no idea who you are. Explain what you want to develop, what you expect to contribute, and what you expect from collaborators. Add in what they get out of it as well.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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