The Traditional Web Should Die
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Call for IT Pros to Rethink Web Technology
TL;DR;
Ever spent hours debugging a cross-browser CSS issue only to find it’s an obscure rendering bug? What if the web didn’t have to be this painful? As IT professionals, you confront daily challenges with cross-browser bugs, XSS vulnerabilities, and framework churn. The culprit? HTML, JavaScript, and CSS—an outdated trio. This post argues that it’s time to rethink web technology for a simpler, more secure future.
The Origins of the Web Trinity
Throughout the history of the computer, many technologies have been created and evolved. Nevertheless, until now, nobody has faced one of the biggest technology problems: the HTML + JavaScript + CSS Trinity for web applications. HTML has been used beyond more than it was designed for. As a result, these unforeseen uses created unexpected complexity. Not only does this burden the IT professionals, but it also prevents the web from leaping ahead. The HTML+JS+CSS trinity costs companies billions annually in maintenance and security fixes.
The Birth of HTML
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web. At that time, the most powerful computer a person could have was an 80386 PC with the impressive Clock Speed of 20MHz. The same computer would come with 16MB of RAM in its more glorious version, and 100MB of HDD space.
Although the first HTML-based website only came to life in 1991, it supported only static pages. The internet was designed and imagined for computers that couldn't handle a single background weather service that the cheapest smartphones run without any hassles. They couldn't even imagine what HTML would become later.
The Web Technology Pandora’s Box
Subsequently, when a NCSA researcher assistant called Rob MacCool, created the Common Gateway Interface in 1993, Pandora's box was opened. CGI was a way to integrate C and Perl with HTML and generate dynamic pages.
CGI came before the <a> and <p> HTML tags being formalized, which happened only in 1994 with HTML 2.0. It created abilities beyond sharing static documents. Now it would be possible to sell goodies and information through the web. This new idea ran faster than a trail of gunpowder, and new problems emerged.
