The entire argument could be reduced to: "be informed, and make good decisions" which is a very banal statement that could be applied to almost every endeavor i

The entire argument could be reduced to: "be informed, and make good decisions" which is a very banal statement that could be applied to almost every endeavor in life. Because PHP makes it so easy to be productive without being informed you run the risk of unknowingly making bad decisions. There is an exhortation to use frameworks so that if you aren't informed you at least get the guide rails / hand-holding / best practices that the framework imposes on you.