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Opinionated frameworks are very useful. They create well-worn paths that others have tried before.

Every python flask environment I've ever seen has been a bespoke configuration with some selection of the massive combinatoric space that flask presents to folks.

Contrast that with python Django or Ruby on Rails where opinions abound, but you can escape the well worn path if you _need_ to.

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Honestly as someone who has been building Rails applications for over 15 years now, I find far too many people think they are special and need to stray from the defaults.

Absolutely. That inclination exists everywhere.

Imagine if your framework said,"let a thousand flowers bloom."

In my experience, most people who say “we don’t need no stinkin’ framework” end up basically inventing their own framework. Most of the time, it’s also just flat out worse.

As such, my initial gut reaction is to quell the NIH syndrome.

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