jQuery Is Not Dead and That’s Fine
summary
Personal story about confronting gatekeeping and elitism leads to concrete claims and tactics: jQuery remains ubiquitous — 80 of the top 10,000 sites still load it — often via WordPress or Drupal; gatekeeping damages confidence and careers, sometimes pushing people out of tech. Advice centers on concrete practices: teach not preach, avoid jargon and idioms, explain why a tool is chosen, share tiny daily learnings, be humble and patient so people can learn where they are.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:23Why jQuery is still used
- 5:27jQuery’s goal and impact
- 6:28Understanding gatekeeping
- 9:21Gatekeeping and my career
- 11:23Gatekeeping consequences
- 12:55Opinions are not truths
- 14:19Gatekeeping’s effect on developers
- 16:25Teach instead of preach
- 18:50Passive gatekeeping
- 20:12Jargon gatekeeping
- 21:55Avoid idioms and proverbs
- 24:23Cultural inclusivity
- 26:52Language barriers
- 28:14Being humble and recognizing limitations
- 29:40Learning culture
- 30:23Kindness and empathy
- 31:26Q&A
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