This isn't surprising to me at all. Having the creator of a framework working with a team using a framework is a huge benefit, almost regardless of the framewo

This isn't surprising to me at all. Having the creator of a framework working with a team using a framework is a huge benefit, almost regardless of the framework quality (within reason). And that's not a dig at intercooler's quality (I've never used intercooler, and am no fan of Angular), but I do think it's a huge confound. Meaning, if I had access to creator of framework A on my team, and was choosing between framework A and B, and objectively liked B better than A (but not by too much), I would still choose A.