# One Decade Later: Revisiting Five Front-End Kung Fu Moves

DevFeed: [One Decade Later: Revisiting Five Front-End Kung Fu Moves](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/one-decade-later-revisiting-five-front-end-kung-fu-moves-27460.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ariya.io/2026/04/one-decade-later-revisiting-five-front-end-kung-fu-moves/>)

Published: 2026-04-30T23:26:34Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ariya Hidayat](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ariya-hidayat.md>)

Topics: [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test-coverage.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [Instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/instrumentation.md>), [ESLint](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/eslint.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [web-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-standards.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [code-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-coverage.md>), [continuous-integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-integration.md>), [coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coverage.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [eslint](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eslint.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [git-hooks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git-hooks.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [web-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-standards.md>)

## AI overview

A retrospective revisits front-end engineering techniques presented at a JavaScript meetup ten years earlier. It discusses git hooks, code complexity, code coverage, and cross-browser testing, explaining how common tools and modern workflows have changed their practical use.

## Source excerpt

Exactly ten years ago, I gave a talk at the SF JavaScript meetup titled 5 Kung Fu Moves for Front-End Heroes. A full decade later, I found myself wondering: are these techniques still the secret sauce for modern front-end engineering, or have they been rendered obsolete by time?