A framework author's case against frameworks

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Argues that front-end frameworks are unnecessary for many apps and shows a real example: a five‑year old web product called SoundSlice with a custom music rendering engine written in vanilla JS, handling centuries of notation edge cases, playback sync, looping and slow‑down. Traces framework bloat from Django history, explains why patterns and small libraries suffice, describes build choices, deployment simplicity, and that the site scales and works without adopting a modern front‑end framework.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:10The case against frameworks
3. 4:43Why is it so complicated
4. 6:25Sound Slice
5. 8:55VanillaJS
6. 10:43Internationalization

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