alt Hacker News> The real question is, do we actually need "frameworks"?
Yes. The advantage of having a common API across thousands of web apps shouldn't be a point of discussion.
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TickleSteve • 04/01/2025
Pure JS is that interface... you're arguing for multiple unnecessary abstraction layers piled on top of each other.
More abstraction != easier to use.
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The advantage of having a common API across thousands of web apps shouldn't be a point of discussion.
We have one. It's called "the browser". The discussion is whether or not we need a higher level API than that. If we do, maybe that should also be a part of the browser's API.