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This is more than a little self serving, but when I switched us over to intercooler.js it made a huge difference in our app.

When I pulled the trigger on it I was terrified that I was screwing us over by not using Angular (which was the cool tech at the time) or some other more javascript-oriented solution. Thankfully it has worked out well, and my co-founders don't hate me any more than they already did before hand. (And maybe even a bit less.)

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This isn't surprising to me at all. Having the creator of a framework working with a team using a framework is a huge benefit, almost regardless of the framework quality (within reason). And that's not a dig at intercooler's quality (I've never used intercooler, and am no fan of Angular), but I do think it's a huge confound.

Meaning, if I had access to creator of framework A on my team, and was choosing between framework A and B, and objectively liked B better than A (but not by too much), I would still choose A.

If you like framework B more than A by too much, it seems unlikely to me that you'd have the creator of framework A on your team.

Really? Was it really unclear to you that I was presenting a hypothetical to illustrate a point and not practical advice?

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