> Or in the web dev world, a framework might abstract away the underlying standards and add complexity on top to seem simple, but actually make the domain more

> Or in the web dev world, a framework might abstract away the underlying standards and add complexity on top to seem simple, but actually make the domain more complex with more to learn and push for developer lock in to the framework over basic standards and simplicity. The first version of .NET with WebForms was an example of this, other web frameworks can be seen as this as well. I've been saying for years that this concept, that abstraction has a cost and isn't just a free simplification, is one of the primary misunderstandings that is holding the web ecosystem back. If every JS (and Python, and PHP etc) dev understood this, we'd be in a much better place, building much better software.