There's a warning sign in the world of web development. If you hear a studio or programmer say, "Our code has a special philosophy," know this: they're probably trying to sell you air for the price of cast iron.
The word "philosophy" is often used as a smokescreen. When a developer can't prove the usefulness of their solution with code, metrics, or performance, a beautiful abstraction comes to the rescue. Instead of showing how quickly a website loads or how user-friendly it is, they start talking about high-level matters, unique user journey, and spiritual principles of the interface. This usually means one thing: it will be expensive and pretentious, but it won't necessarily be high-quality.
Any web project can't have ten philosophies or a complex ideology. There's only one.
The user should be comfortable.
That's it. Period.
No magic. If someone visits a website to buy a product, sign up for a service, or find information, they should do so quickly, intuitively, and without stress. If they're stuck in a menu, don't know where to click, or wait three seconds for the app to load, that's a failure. And no amount of talk about the project's philosophy will fix that failure.
Why do we say that?
Because big words often hide trivial problems:
- Inflated budget. The more complex the terminology, the higher the bill. That's the law of the market.
- Bad code. If the code works perfectly, why back it up with stories of spirituality? It speaks for itself.
- Lack of results. When business problems aren't solved, it's easier to invent a story about deep meaning than to admit a mistake.
What's really important
Instead of abstract philosophy, we prefer to talk about concrete things:
- Speed. The page should open faster than the user can blink.
- Logic. If you have to click the "Buy" button three times, it's a bad system, no matter what you call it.
- Clarity. The interface should be like a well-marked road, not like the Minotaur's labyrinth.
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