Duh. Don't try to ship gmail in one file. But there's so much about working the DOM with vanilla JS that is very intuitive, and HTML <templates> are a thing now

Duh. Don't try to ship gmail in one file. But there's so much about working the DOM with vanilla JS that is very intuitive, and HTML <templates> are a thing now. My point, which I'm sure I articulated poorly, was that we found ourselves highly productive by simply using the tools and API provided in the modern browser and a text editor. Once you have an admin panel and a CMS and a WYSIWYG editor, maybe get yourself a framework you'll start hating in a few years.