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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Websites are probably a better example; as the complexity and bloat has increased faster than the tech.

[–] python@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Well yeah, why would I learn html when I can learn React?!?

(/s but I actually did learn React before I had a grasp of semantic Html because my company needed React devs and only paid for React-specific education)