Ex-Padrino maintainer here. I would agree - to an extent. Padrinos goal is to not be in the way of integrating minimalist libraries and it is composed of a set

Ex-Padrino maintainer here. I would agree - to an extent. Padrinos goal is to not be in the way of integrating minimalist libraries and it is composed of a set of Sinatra plugins that are minimalist as well. So, it breathes the mindset, but yeah, it is a stack.