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Email: charles@codemix.com
I have this theory that people dislike it because that complexity comes front loaded - the most fun part of any new project development is right at the start and if you're spending time setting up webpack then the developer perceives that as frustrating time wasted rather than an investment in the project that pays off long term. A big part of create-react-app's success is because it means the developer can get started right away and not have to worry about that.
On the other hand I'm likely to refer back to this book a lot over the next few years, so in that light $80 doesn't feel that bad.
I think I'd have preferred a living resource / subscription model rather than a one off book though.
Edit: Some truly depressing figures here [1] including this
> Number of U.S. households powered for 1 day by the electricity consumed for a single transaction: 16.54
And so humble too!
Then please list some useful, concrete applications of blockchain that would not be solved better and cheaper by a normal database.