Agreed that it's all very directional, but I think you're discounting some of it a little too readily. Even if you're just using jQuery because it's a transitiv

Agreed that it's all very directional, but I think you're discounting some of it a little too readily. Even if you're just using jQuery because it's a transitive dependency or bundled by default, you might still have issues that lead you to search Stack Overflow for help. The broader point is, we should be cognizant of our selection bias here. SPA frameworks are overrepresented on HN because we tend to be programmers building applications in the tech industry. But there are a ton of people who don't consider themselves "in tech" that still need to make a portfolio for their photos/figure out a WordPress plugin for their e-commerce site/etc.