And Rails is just ruby. But like React, it’s a framework for the web built on to...

And Rails is just ruby. But like React, it’s a framework for the web built on top of the language. It’s additional complexity you don’t need to use when it’s not beneficial. React is great for web apps. The author is building websites. Those don’t need React.

The problem the author identifies is when really popular frameworks overshadow their respective languages such that people think you have to use them for everything.