I've always heard of completely devoid out of touch developers but this is the first I've seen it so pronounced.
Did you skip web design 101? If it’s simple enough, you can absolutely slap it together with jQuery and html.
Time is a valuable resource. This doesn’t simply boil down to one’s abilities—for most of us, opportunity cost is an important factor. If I’m just trying to get some value out of some data, why waste time playing web developer, fighting CSS, dealing with CORS issues, etc., when I could simply use an existing tool that already has my use case covered?
Why waste your time? Some of us are just in it for the love of the game
Ha. You said exactly what was on my mind.
Yeah, I can’t tell if some of these responses are serious or tongue in cheek.