You don't have to use software, frameworks, tools that don't meet your standards. I find that the learning curve to get on top of most abstractions is greater

You don't have to use software, frameworks, tools that don't meet your standards. I find that the learning curve to get on top of most abstractions is greater than what is required to understand the foundations. Knowing and applying foundational components tends to yield more performant and less bloated solutions. Debugging is easier because you don't need to unravel layers of abstractions which don't quite align with the domain you are working with.