Geoffrey Litt wants developers to code like surgeons: precise, deliberate, minimal cuts. That framing anchors this Changelog newsletter digest alongside five other sharp takes worth your time.
The Dead Internet Theory gets a proper autopsy. Matt Sephton argues spreadsheets belong in UI design. Nate Meyvis makes the case for front-end maximalism. Hemant Pandey defends 9-to-5 employment as a rational choice for most people. David Miranda puts React next to Backbone in 2025 and asks what actually changed.
The value here is not the summary. It is the collision of six strong opinions in one place, each one a challenge to a default assumption you probably hold. Read it for the Litt piece, stay for the Miranda comparison.
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