r/programming 1d ago

Branch‑Avoidant Programming

https://easylang.online/blog/branchless
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u/repeating_bears 1d ago

Call me a snob if you like but I find it hard to trust someone's technical opinion when their website is so ugly

It's not even just aesthetics, there's a lack of basic features like navigation. Why is the entire thing left-aligned?

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u/punkpang 1d ago

So what you're saying is that you'd trust text on pretty website opposed to text posted, that you can verify and actually avoid trust by checking the facts?

If I post random AI gibberish on a beautiful website, you'd trust my opinion and not rely on the data that the text really conveys?

This is literally insane, that you value presentation over factual correctness. I guess this is why we have such shit software nowadays.

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u/repeating_bears 1d ago

I didn't say aesthetics was the only trust signal, no. But if you can't make a functional website in 2026 - and I think this is objectively non-functional without any navigation - then I'm going to doubt what else you know how to do

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u/hammer-jon 1d ago

this is as functional as it needs to be for this content.

it loaded instantly and is extremely readable, doesnt hijack my scrollbar or distracting ads, no prompting to sign up, nothing.

perfect website, it's not clear what you're even complaining about.

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u/repeating_bears 23h ago

If me saying there's no navigation multiple times is "not clear" then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you're just slow?

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u/hammer-jon 22h ago

yeah. that's clearly intentional because this is a self contained page with nothing to do with the rest of the site.

go ahead, look at the other posts. they're all about the same easylang topic and allow navigation back to the logical root. This is a page where it makes little sense to link anywhere but reference for the topic.

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u/repeating_bears 22h ago

Is it "clearly intentional" that the homepage for easylang doesn't link to the blog either then?

It's very normal for a company's blog to write about some random technical topic. If the technical article is good, then it can be a good way to create interest in the product. You shouldn't have to mangle or guess URLs to learn more.

You're absolutely gaslighting me if you say you think this is good UX

Fucking hell, I knew redditors would hate my opinion on the design because they have absolutely no taste whatsoever, but I didn't think they'd completely delude themselves about standard web functionality

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u/punkpang 23h ago

The site is functional. The only signal you valued were aesthetics. You showed zero interest in what the link actually talks about. You're as shallow as they come.

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u/repeating_bears 23h ago

You're welcome to think that but it's interesting to me that my opinion about a design made you so personally butthurt

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u/punkpang 22h ago

If your code is as your conclusions are, then that explains why the world's full of warning labels.

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u/repeating_bears 22h ago

You have so far personally attributed to me "why we have such shit software nowadays" and "why the world's full of warning labels"

I'm grateful that you think I'm so important to have such a global impact, even if it's negative, but I think you are mistaken