React/JavaScript fatigue
Many of the newer Javascript libraries seem massively over-engineered compared to what you actually gain over using jQuery, or even just plain Javascript. I don&#x27;t want to detract from the complexity of what some of these frameworks can achieve but at the same time it&#x27;s not like they are doing complex 3D or machine learning.<p>For me it&#x27;s about readability and maintainability. I can come back to a program weeks, months or years after it is written; I most likely want to just be able to read, understand and edit it quickly. As soon as something has a huge infrastructure, setup, tooling, transpiling or whatever it just becomes burdensome.<p>Intercooler.js (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;intercoolerjs.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;intercoolerjs.org&#x2F;</a>) demonstrates a good philosophy.