A bigger concern for me is the grating cheerfulness in what is a very critical article.

Don't pretend you're not fighting fire with fire with this article. You're mad and you're showing it. When you say stuff like...

>>To sum up, I love that you brought up these concerns in an article.

I don't believe you! Disingenuous.

(You should also think about whether or not the Riot.js author is worth responding to. Just because he's a framework author doesn't mean that framework has ever been held in high regard.)