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> you tell the libraries how to work together Doesn't this just become a bunch of decisions and team cognitive load you have to deal with?

• smt88 8y ago
  Less than you'd think. The team architect should set up the project structure, not a committew. Most languages have idiomatic conventions for writing framework-less code, so it's not going to look totally unique when they're done.
• klodolph 8y ago
  With frameworks you need a mental model of how the framework works. With libraries, you need a mental model of how your code works. On the balance of things, I would say that libraries often (not always) have less cognitive load here. If you need the best library for the job, you can spend as much time as you like picking one. It's a matter of restraint to simply not spend that effort, and instead just pick a library because it meets your needs (without spending more than a moment evaluating whether it is better or worse than alternatives).