Having worked in both environments (framework vs no framework), for anything other than very trivial apps, you want the framework to force everyone into a commo

Having worked in both environments (framework vs no framework), for anything other than very trivial apps, you want the framework to force everyone into a common way of doing things. Otherwise the project turns into a a massive clusterfuck of everyone doing their own thing, often with many instances of "reinventing the wheel" going on.