> My issue with all of this is that vanilla is better than any framework. Vanilla JS is an abstraction over something else which in turn an abstraction over an

> My issue with all of this is that vanilla is better than any framework. Vanilla JS is an abstraction over something else which in turn an abstraction over another and so on... So your problem here isn't really with abstraction/magic/complexity in itself. You like a 5 layers cake, you think it's just perfect, a group copied the recipe and added a layer because they want to add another flavor. They didn't ruin your cake, they just have different taste.