JavaScript Boredom: Avoiding Product Thinking with Framework Hopping

Nobody wants to say it, so I will. We don't have a #JavaScript problem. We have a JavaScript boredom problem. Every 18 months, a new framework arrives. Everyone migrates. The old one becomes "legacy." The new one becomes "production." Repeat. I've watched teams rewrite perfectly functional React apps in Next.js, then Remix, then back to something "closer to the metal." The app still does the same thing. A user clicks a button. Data shows up. The framework didn't change that. Here's what I've noticed: engineers who chase frameworks are usually avoiding something harder — product thinking, system design, or just talking to users. The engineers who ship fast? They pick boring tools and learn them deeply. Disagree? Tell me which framework fixed your actual problem. I write about this kind of thing more at corecraft.substack.com — for engineers who think before they rewrite. #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #Frontend #React #Programming #TechCareers #CodeQuality #DeveloperLife #OpenSourceDev #opportunity

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