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I've been on HN long enough to realize that the majority of comments here are going to inevitably devolve into a discussion of the sheer complexity and breadth of tooling listed here.

However, bear in mind that the site is built by a popular JS influencer whose day job is popularizing frameworks and increasing demand for services of the sort he offers.

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> However, bear in mind that the site is built by a popular JS influencer whose day job is popularizing frameworks and increasing demand for services of the sort he offers.

His day job is selling workshops and training materials. No matter how you look at it, he has a vested interest in promoting over-engineering because it translates to more sales of courses and workshops. That's why this blog starts and ends with calls to action about signing up and registering for workshops.

Many of us have a vested interest in pushing back against this industry because it favors hiring younger, less experienced people who will advocate for these systems in the workplace. For many of our own sanity, we have to push back somewhat.

Now I have to literally ask to see a company’s codebase before taking the job so as to avoid this nonsense.

You seem to be pointing at the same problem, just under a different (and reasonably interesting) angle.

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