Show HN: No Framework Render Function

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Sometimes this is all you need. My co has a product which consists of of a sequence of static web views interrupted by a controllable full viewport video, and its in React... why? There's only one way "out of" each view (click a certain button)? Did we really need to compute a virtual DOM to figure out what to show next and how? On the other hand, we have a web product which replaces a desktop app which I couldn't imagine stringing up the view code without React.

Exactly. Sometimes it IS all you need. When it is, just use something v simple. When it's not, use something more aptly fit.

The key point which I think is lost in a lot of the new age framework fanaticism is that people ought to pick the right tool for the job, not just the shiniest, most expensive tool on the eye-height shelf.

Otherwise it's like those...hardware store man/femme-shed wannabe wankers who purchase these crazy gadgets when all they really need is a file and a hammer. Don't be that person/company/project.

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