I'm not trying to be pretentious, but wrangling an HN thread is hard and I don't have time to get into an argument about a bunch of different implementation det

I'm not trying to be pretentious, but wrangling an HN thread is hard and I don't have time to get into an argument about a bunch of different implementation details. Rather than just ignore your post I decided to respond explaining why I couldn't answer. The only valid short answer is what I said: that it really depends on the details and how they all work together. I truly can't give you features in isolation that won't be questionable, because the decision hinges on the whole combination of factors. Had I said "x and y" someone would have come along and argued that X and Y didn't call for a framework because Z. Me identifying the two points would have accomplished nothing and would actually have undermined my primary point of "it depends". Edit: btw, I just corrected the downvote on your original post with an upvote. Whoever did that probably assumed you were being belligerent, but that's not fair.