4 ms·

I feel that often a framework can give you a jump start into something new Where you don’t know what you need but at some point you may outgrow it and be better

I feel that often a framework can give you a jump start into something new Where you don’t know what you need but at some point you may outgrow it and be better off doing your own thing because now you know exactly what you want. Happened to me for example with ORMs or third party WPF components. They were good to start but at some point became limiting. I think you often can’t or shouldn’t skip that step because otherwise the learning curve would be too steep.

onemoresoop 6y ago
Certainly frameworks can do that but most of the time, especially for an important codebase it’s a good idea to rewrite the whole thing. It’s actually a good idea to start away even when you have lots of unknowns but have in mind it would be a good idea to do a rewrite. Smart companies do at least proof of concepts for this type of project and it pays off. A few sturdy well made code bases can become the backbone of a little enterprise.