Web frameworks for me are one of those things that's "great until it isn't". If you're making a simple app then web frameworks can feel downright magical (like

Web frameworks for me are one of those things that's "great until it isn't". If you're making a simple app then web frameworks can feel downright magical (like the original "Build a blog in 15 minutes with Rails" demo [1]), but for anything that gets even remotely complicated, I find that they generally just get in the way. I personally have grown to prefer the "mid-level" HTTP setups, like Express with Node.js or Vert.x with Java. [1]