I usually am hampered by frameworks, too limiting, I work better with free to form code and as self contained as possible libraries with flexible "do one thing

I usually am hampered by frameworks, too limiting, I work better with free to form code and as self contained as possible libraries with flexible "do one thing well" responsabilities Frameworks probably only make some specific things easier? But given the choice between spending an hour fighting against a framework, or an hour solving the same problem with more elegant tools, the latter is so much more useful in both result and what you learn from it. Where does the above style fit in?