"Why I no longer use full MVC frameworks to build sites that have no need for models or controllers." The better question might be why you ever started? As a

"Why I no longer use full MVC frameworks to build sites that have no need for models or controllers." The better question might be why you ever started? As a bonus, the article discounts React out of hand as one of those "average MVC frameworks" that does too much, then reinvents an incredibly crude version of hand-rolled JS components rendering DOM...the one thing React does. The takeaway from the article, I think, should be: 1. If you only need some simple React components being fed by a basic Sinatra or Express server, just do that; it'll be ten times easier to develop and maintain. (Edit: Although frankly, the example is so simple I think the author might be better off with a static site generator...) And: 2. Do your research before reinventing the wheel badly.