"You are free to code native JS". this really does seem like a simple/obvious statement, but I've been in the position where I've taught JS to beginners and holy crap...the amount of people that think they need to know React to do something as simple as a counter is absolutely insane. I think that the space of intro to web dev has been polluted by people pushing frameworks/libraries onto people when really just simple dom manipulation would do the trick.
I think the issue the article was getting at is that the idea of the hammer is considered "obsolete"/useless by the experts in the field, leading those experts to push tool making factories onto beginners who really don't need it for their purpose (but don't know the wiser since they're new to woodworking after all).
On the other hand, but not aimed at you, I've noticed a common theme with people who rail against frameworks and ORMs.. They act like everyone who likes them don't understand the low level or SQL :D Thay may be true for some, but all of the best people I know also embrace those niceties and know where the escape hatches are...
"We don't use frameworks" <- Big red fracking flag.
I misunderstood the context. OP was referring to the state of Java in 2005 and I thought the reference was to JavaScript. Whole different world, but I can't delete/edit my post now.
certain company has spent considerable resources continuously promoting that framework. At times I seriously think it has a real chance of evolving into a full blown religion.
I think the issue the article was getting at is that the idea of the hammer is considered "obsolete"/useless by the experts in the field, leading those experts to push tool making factories onto beginners who really don't need it for their purpose (but don't know the wiser since they're new to woodworking after all).
...or maybe i'm reading too much into it.