If your app isn't complex enough to merit using a framework, then you aren't really building something worth talking about. Like HN, Craigslist, Reddit, DuckDu

If your app isn't complex enough to merit using a framework, then you aren't really building something worth talking about. Like HN, Craigslist, Reddit, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia? From what I understand, each of these sites was famously minimalist in terms of front end architecture as such, in their early stages at least. And still are, comparatively speaking. You don't NEED a framework, just like you could theoretically build a car from scratch. Very often you don't need a "car" to launch a business or start a community. Sometimes what you need is more akin to a bicycle. Or a walking stick. I'm really glad I don't have to work with people who think like this. I greatly prefer working with people who challenge conventional wisdom (and my own unthinking assumptions and tunnel vision about things), actually.