[capableweb]

I've found that if they brag about how easy it is to get started, it usually ends up messy relatively quickly. On the other hand, if they brag about being easy to order when you have a lot of code, it's usually a bit harder to get started with.

It's like you get to chose one of "get started quickly" or "remain quick enough on the medium/long term"

[bitL]

Not always, some can hit the sweet spot of being simple in all phases of development and quick to learn. They are super rare though and their lessons are forgotten; industry often standardizes on inferior things with better marketing.

[balder1991]

> industry often standardizes on inferior things with better marketing.

It standardizes to what’s cheaper on their eyes, sometimes in a very short-sided way, but also companies that work for profit never know if a project will still be running in the next quarter, right? It makes me think that open source and for profit companies should have very different considerations when it comes to choosing frameworks or technologies for their solutions. I should probably gather more info on that and expand it into a blog article.

[karpierz]

What are some examples?

[arcanemachiner]

I think Alpine.JS hits this spot pretty well.

https://alpinejs.dev/

[ipaddr]

jQuery

[klysm]

I’d argue it’s evident large jQuery apps are a pain in the ass to maintain

[balder1991]

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