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Frameworks and libraries are nice but I encourage everyone to try building with nothing but standard libs at least once.

Most modern languages already come with good http libs, encoders/decoders, etc. so it's not too much work to setup an http server to handle requests, serving static files, json, etc.

See how far you can get.
Even on the client side you can just use standard dom manipulation and css.

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cookin' @askgina.eth https://askgina.ai, @consensys class '17

That's a good point.
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Also, LLMs can help you gain the dev velocity that using a lib or framework could've.

good side effect is that it's gpt friendly maintenable code

You can go insanely far without anything too heavy
You can even build web components in plain old js.
I’m totally agreeing your pov. Doing that lead you to more understanding of the language and the reason behind the existence of frameworks.

I have a couple of sites running on POJS (plain ole JavaScript).  Its fun to see WHY you want a framework before buying into a framework

Great point! Going back to basics helps deepen understanding of how things work under the hood. It's like learning to drive a manual before switching to an automatic. Mastering standard libs provides a solid foundation that makes troubleshooting and optimizing higher-level abstractions much easier.