I have come to learned that there’s no answer to this “problem”.
Even if you stick with tried and true framework, eventually that framework aged, and then developers start complaining that the framework is arcane. For example, how many HN readers here know WebObjects?
But the flip side is equally problematic. How many times do we have to change frontend frameworks? Just to render some divs on a web application?
Somewhere in the middle seemed to be the right answer. Just build the web application with new-ish technology like Go or Rust or Elixir, and then sprinkle some JS like HTMX for interactivity.
Even if you stick with tried and true framework, eventually that framework aged, and then developers start complaining that the framework is arcane. For example, how many HN readers here know WebObjects?
But the flip side is equally problematic. How many times do we have to change frontend frameworks? Just to render some divs on a web application?
Somewhere in the middle seemed to be the right answer. Just build the web application with new-ish technology like Go or Rust or Elixir, and then sprinkle some JS like HTMX for interactivity.