"""It's to make mediocre programmers more likely to produce something of value and to make poor programmers capable of producing anything at all.""" You make t

"""It's to make mediocre programmers more likely to produce something of value and to make poor programmers capable of producing anything at all.""" You make this sound as if you are the great programmer who does not use frameworks but instead reinvents the wheel every time. Are you really sure you do not use frameworks or libraries in your own work?