David is a front-end developer from the UK who has been coding since 1998 when spacer gifs and blink tags were still a thing. He is a writer, speaker and coder who is passionate about moving the web forward. You can find his ramblings about this (and all things front-end) at Fed || Dead.
Front-end fatigue is very real. Technology is evolving so rapidly, that it can be overwhelming. The worst thing you can do is reach the edge and become fully burnt out because once you are, it’s very hard to regain that passion you had for what you do and why you started doing it in the first place. In this article, David Berner shares advice on how to avoid fatigue and stop your head from exploding. Once you’re fully burnt out, it’s very hard to regain that passion you had for what you do and why you started doing it in the first place.
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BEM has been an absolute lifesaver for me in my effort to create applications in a modular, component-driven way. David Berner has been using it for nearly three years now, and the problems above are the few stumbling blocks he’s hit along the way. This article aims to be useful for people who are already BEM enthusiasts and wish to use it more effectively or people who are curious to learn more about it.
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