I’m inclined to agree. Unless the framework implements a lot of opinionated behavior that aligns with your product goals, you almost invariably end up fighting

I’m inclined to agree. Unless the framework implements a lot of opinionated behavior that aligns with your product goals, you almost invariably end up fighting it. And on a long enough time line, that tends to happen anyway. But that’s not why we adopt frameworks. We do it so that engineers are fungible commodities. It makes it easier to find, hire and onboard additional resources. Also requires fewer resources since you don’t need folks on your team dedicated to maintaining your house-built framework. So, while I agree that building something in house is better for getting exactly what you want from a framework, it isn’t very practical from a business standpoint.