It absolutely is and comes with all kinds of bullshit posturing from people simultaneously explaining how awesome they are while qualifying what they can’t do without their framework. It is the kind of lies I see from my autistic kiddo where they know they have fucked up and try to paint a rosy picture in 6 or more conflicting stories.
It’s really simple. You can write an original application in your own code or you just can’t. I don’t care about all the excuses, because it just isn’t that challenging. It’s not for everyone.