I started webdev some years back from the other direction; I had read of the countless JS web frameworks and their countless dependencies, and I had read the ar

I started webdev some years back from the other direction; I had read of the countless JS web frameworks and their countless dependencies, and I had read the arguments against using "uncessary" JS (talking about genuine bloat) on websites. So, I thought I'd just explore options like those based on Go; fast, compiles to a single binary, no need to touch JS. Then I wrote my first totally website with Hugo and and a custom theme for it, had fun doing it too. Tried to write a couple selfhosted web apps with Go frameworks too but never got that far. Then I moved to doing all my projects with Astro/Svelte and webapps with SvelteKit. I was surprised at how good and fun it was. The templating languages less esoteric, more integrated. Reactivity was something I never even dreamed of with a hard line on JS. All the while, the websites got better. I could finish them more quickly and there was still no or a miniscule amount of JS shipped by default. I could also, when making a content-driven website with Astro, easily reach for Svelte for a small bit of interactivity / reactivity. I could've just as easily used Alpine or whatever else someone might recommend. That's to say, I've found a comfortable DX in current-gen JS frameworks, while finding the server-side giants a bit too sturdy for my use. Reading about new frameworks is fun to me, because I can easily switch from Svelte to something else on my Astro sites, if I find something that fits my tastes even better.