[Dangeranger]

My thoughts weren't really meant to be a condemnation of monolithic web app frameworks, just a summary of my conclusions after using them for years.

The reasons I have for justifying use of React, JSX, GraphQL, etc. have nothing to do with being "hip and cool" and everything to do with happiness and productivity. Using modern tools is both more enjoyable and more productive in my experience, as someone who used Ruby-on-Rails with templated pages for four years.