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getting real tired of upgrading my web components every time a new major version of web components comes out

Also posted to Mastodon.

46 replies

Stuart Robson Bluesky 1 min later

this’ll be the last time … until the next time.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 min later
  
  get in, we’re doing Web4
  1. Kevin Pennekamp Bluesky 12 hr later
    
    Foldable web components?!
ShnizmuffiN Mastodon 3 min later

@zachleat fucking insufferable version names SHADOW DOM 2: CRATER LAKE
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 7 min later
  
  @shnizmuffin SHADOW DOM 3: MOON UMBRA
  1. ShnizmuffiN Mastodon 11 min later
    
    @zachleat CUSTOM ELEMENTS PRO, CUSTOM ELEMENTS NANO, CUSTOM ELEMENTS PLASTIC EDITION FOR POOR PEOPLE
    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 14 min later
      
      @shnizmuffin THIS CUSTOM ELEMENT REGISTRY IS SPONSORED BY :SCOPE, WE AREN’T JUST A MOUTHWASH ANY MORE, LATE STAGE CAPITALISM EDITION
      1. ShnizmuffiN Mastodon 22 min later
        
        @zachleat :SCOPE is a trusted partner of web components. Information about how, when, where, in proximity to what, and how often you use web components may be shared with :SCOPE as outlined in the web components Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
        
        Zach Leatherman Mastodon 25 min later
        
        @shnizmuffin CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS FROM TELEMETRY
Angelika Cathor Mastodon 43 min later

@zachleat I hate this too, I'm thinking of canceling my Web Component Pro subscription
Burton Smith Bluesky 1 hr later

They also really need to work on their auto-update/backwards compatibility game...
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  a thousand <update-notifier> toasts cried out in pain
William Allyn Nova (he/they) Bluesky 3 hr later

YEAH WHATS WITH THE HTML PLATFORM AND ITS RAPID PACE CHEESE WHIZ!!!!! ITS LIKE TRYING TO HIT A CONSIDERATELY-PACED TARGET!!!
1. William Allyn Nova (he/they) Bluesky 3 hr later
  
  oops caps
2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  I tried to use caps lock and it asked me for a passkey
Bruce Lawson Bluesky 10 hr later

You think that's bad? I remember when I had to rewrite all my HTML4 sites when HTML5 came along. And that was before we had WeebPonk to build, bundle and shake my tree.
1. Michael Bluesky 14 hr later
  
  You laugh but I have clients demanding we upgrade Bootstrap because 4 is EOL
  1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
    
    EOL means you can charge extra right
    1. Michael Bluesky 1 day later
      
      I want to do GOOD WORK, Zach. It’s what’s wrong with me.
      1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
        
        ugh sorry I can’t fix us in fact I WONTFIX us
2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  we offer this ritualistic sacrifice to appease weebponk
  1. Bruce Lawson Bluesky 1 day later
    
    Actual footage of WeebPonk's ferocious treeshakers accepting our offerings
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
      
      we need tech logos to adopt this style of ominous foreshadowing
      1. Bruce Lawson Bluesky 1 day later
        
        We need someone to take the lead
        
        Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
        
        …I don’t hate it
        
        SimonCox Bluesky 1 day later
        
        This looks like someone has made the wrong choice in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Fighting Fantasy book.
        
        Start again – turn to page 1.
        Accept that it's all over – turn to page 99.
        
        Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
        
        it has some Founders from Bioshock vibes to it that make me uncomfortable 😅
Passle ☭ Bluesky 10 hr later

Im still on v1 and shadydom
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  won’t someone please think of the tech debt
Danny Engelman 🌷🏍️🛥️ Bluesky 11 hr later

𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘥! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 <𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬>!
Jack Bluesky 14 hr later

what is this referring to? have I missed some big wc news? 👀😅
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  nothing specific 🫣
2. Pelle Wessman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  Wondering this as well, what did I miss about wc?
westbrook Mastodon 14 hr later

@zachleat such hard work with the API get all inverted like every version!!!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later
  
  @westbrook have you even seen the huge breaking changes coming in the 2027 release
  1. westbrook Mastodon 1 day later
    
    @zachleat
Cj Bluesky 17 hr later

Every year I brace myself for the inevitable Web Components rewrite. Every year the browser rudely keeps supporting my code.
Cthos Bluesky 1 day later

Zach.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  the web platypusform is unpredictable
  1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
    
    look, on second read here I have some regrets
Aleksey Nazarenko Bluesky 1 day later

What about run `npm install web-components@latest` and setup Dependabot? I think that should work 🤔
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  risky install maybe www.npmjs.com/package/web-...
Scott Jehl Bluesky 1 day later

debated switching careers to avoid the headache when declarative shadow DOM dropped
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  I will offer you my torch to light your way in these dark times
  1. Stuart Robson Bluesky 1 day later
    
    through the shadows, so to speak.
Brian LeRoux Bluesky 1 day later

the next version fixes everything and builds are now 176% faster too

also the old versions are unsupported and completely insecure. you probably already had your identity stolen. #goated