There are tasks that can be completed quicker with web frameworks and tasks that can be completed quicker without them. They aren't a solution for every task.
I'm not sure why people struggle so much and fight abstractions so much but I guess that's a sign a techie is getting "old".
>I'm not sure why people struggle so much and fight abstractions so much but I guess that's a sign a techie is getting "old".
Yeah, it's a sign they are older, and have seen the same shit play again and again, and starry eyed newcomers fall for every new fad with shit-eating grins...
On the spectrum of abstraction by Cheng Lou (react-europe 2016) [1]
If you've read some of the classics, such as Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1979, Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson) [2], this talk is a really interesting look at the state of affairs on abstraction circa 2016.
I'm not sure why people struggle so much and fight abstractions so much but I guess that's a sign a techie is getting "old".