[slowrabbit]

ReactJS is currently the fastest, most scalable frontend solution available so compared to all that has come before it, it can seem heavy handed. But if you want to build highly scalable apps like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit and Twitter mobile, then losing easy speed gains with every one of the hundreds to thousands of components you build is unacceptable.

[neilellis]

The problem is that 99.99% of developers aren't (writing Twitter etc) but they still apply techniques used by unicorns to handle their own very exceptional needs.

We should always be wary of applying skyscraper building techniques when building a house or a shed.

I honestly bet that 99.99% of people who read Hacker News could write their applications with a drop of jQuery and some basic ES6 code.

I have nothing bad to say about these frameworks, more caution that we don't apply techniques needed at scale to small scale products.