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Maybe this is also related to the tendency to consider abandonware software which is not continuously updated. Imho sometime a piece of software should be simply considered completed, especially in the case of libraries and frameworks.

For who is looking around for a simpler but effective alternative to Vue I'd recommend Svelte:

https://svelte.dev/

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A couple years ago people were recommending Vue as an effective alternative to React's complexity.

Then Vue itself became complex.

Now people recommend Svelte as an effective alternative to Vue's complexity.

Will Svelte remain simple?

It's not hard to see this constant cycle of "simplicity -> people need more -> complexity -> let's jump ship" if you're a web developer with more than a few winters. Every time there's a new simple library around the corner that makes reality so much easier to deal with, but it's mostly just hype speak and this simplicity never lasts for long.

It looks like Svelte is already getting more complex and more framework-like ... Time to look for the next hot thing! Svelte is on its way out!

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