I'd urge you to think about why JS keeps getting more "complex" (your phrase). There is a reason, but no one can tell it to you; you have to discover it for yo

I'd urge you to think about why JS keeps getting more "complex" (your phrase). There is a reason, but no one can tell it to you; you have to discover it for yourself, or it'll always feel like you're blindly following others. It's very hard to approach a thing you don't know and accurately point out the flaws. What I suggest doing is first get to know some of these "complex" JS frameworks/libraries, and then figure out what it is you don't like. Otherwise you're going to end up not really understanding what you're talking about, and you'll miss out on some cool tech just because the popular kids online didn't like it.