It's not just arrogance, it's called being a "modern JS developer". The bubble some of these people are living in is so rigid, they can't simply accept when someone does things differently. Some quotes from the parent are as follows, accompanied with some sarcasm on my end:
> nonstandard web framework (go-macaron)...
The "standard" is React and Vercel offerings. Get with the times.
> ditching go-macaron and xorm for something more widely used...
You're only supposed to use libraries that are #1 popularity in their respective category, few weeks of no commits means the library is dead.
> I would also add that I don’t even like NextJS. I’m recommending it because it’s a better engineering choice...
Yes, you read that right. This is the advice for Gitea: Github, Gitlab, SourceHut all used server-side templates, so much so that latter two are quite useful even when JS is disabled- but the "better engineering choice" (citations sorely needed) is NextJS.