I'm unsure about that and I think it depends greatly on what is the goal. You can very easily do DI without Spring. (yes I know Spring is more than DI) As the

I'm unsure about that and I think it depends greatly on what is the goal. You can very easily do DI without Spring. (yes I know Spring is more than DI) As the project grows you can simple add Spring if brings 'real' value. You can defer the choice of data store very late in a project without hinder its progress. I'm not anti-framework/tooling, I just want to make sure it is required before I add it. Most, if not all, frameworks require some specific bootstrapping/configuration that is extra to the job at hand.