I think heavyweight frameworks often make the edge cases harder, because when you need to do something "unusual" you end up fighting the framework, and now you

I think heavyweight frameworks often make the edge cases harder, because when you need to do something "unusual" you end up fighting the framework, and now you end up with a complex program where the framework as well as the buisness needs count as the problem domain. But you are likely onto something that some things are just standard apps even if you can't see that at the time. And my mind might not be well tuned to seeing it even in hindsight. Which makes me think that banging out simple apps fast is a very specific skill, because you need to see how to meet business needs within the slot provided to your by framework.