Here’s Bridget Stewart, a developer from Ohio, with some thoroughly enjoyable “curmudgeonly” thoughts on why your website doesn’t necessarily need a Javascript framework.
With websites taking a median time of 5.8 seconds to show primary content (source: HTTPArchive) and Google warning us that 53% of mobile visits leave pages that take longer than three seconds to load, it’s hard to justify stuffing the front-end unnecessarily.
Bridget’s article also contains this quote which I love:
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
Essentially, don’t select the tooling first—a principle I fully endorse.