[huntedsnark]

> I have never had a framework project where I didn’t end up fighting the very system that was supposed to make development “easy”.

Not always, but often, I find this attitude in developers who either refuse to read documentation, or just entrenched in their ways and too stubborn to try it someone else's way.

Is every project you're starting really so cutting edge that the problems others have solved and come to a consensus on don't apply to you? Perhaps, but maybe you should also be taking a look in the mirror and making an honest assessment on just how difficult you are to work with.