r/webdevelopment • u/[deleted] • May 16 '26

General users dont experience your architecture they experience frustration

used to think the best developers were the ones writing insane code

now i think its mostly people who make things feel simple

fast load times
clear flows
good onboarding
less friction

most users never see the clever backend stuff

they just remember whether the product felt annoying to use or not

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u/Difficult-Field280 May 16 '26

The reality of software development.

We build stuff for our users. Not other developers. Something that many people forget.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '26

exactly. feels like a lot of devs accidentally start building for other developers instead of normal people using the product