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by oakaz 4411 days ago
sorry for the confusion, I meant just having JSON API server is more minimal and let's you focus on what you actually do; programming your backend...

web frameworks do two things and they're terrible on both. they invent a lot of stuff that you'll likely try to get rid of a later time and it's gonna be too late since your codebase (both frontend and backend) is locked.

but API servers are not like that. they lead you the right (and the more productive) way; composing small libraries into something ideal for you. I'm not sure if it makes sense for people who tend to use frameworks but this works for me great. may be it's my taste