🔥 You Don’t Know HTML, So You Installed a bloated framework? 🤬💻

🔥 You Don't Know HTML, So You Installed a bloated framework? 🤬💻

Are you one of those over-engineered devs who blindly reach for frameworks to solve problems HTML/CSS/JS already solved 20 years ago?

Oh, you built a "modern web app"? You mean you ran:

npx create-react-app my-portfolio

...just to render your name and a few links?

Wow. Revolutionary. You must be exhausted.

🤡 You Used React for This?

function App() {
  return (
    <div className="main">
      <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
      <a href="/about">About Me</a>
    </div>
  );
}

You used a JavaScript library, a build step, JSX transpilation, and 500+ dependencies to do... this? I hope your laptop melted under the weight of your ego.

Here’s the exact same thing in HTML — which your browser can render without barfing:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head><title>Hello</title></head>
<body>
  <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
  <a href="/about">About Me</a>
</body>
</html>

No React. No Babel. No Webpack. Just pure performance and instant render.

🤢 Tailwind? You Mean Inline Style Vomit?

You brag about using Tailwind to "avoid writing CSS," and end up with this crime scene:

<div class="p-4 bg-gray-800 text-white font-bold text-center rounded shadow-md max-w-xl mx-auto mt-12">
  Hello world, I’m a div.
</div>

Your markup looks like someone had a seizure on the keyboard. You're not writing HTML — you're describing a freaking spreadsheet of styles using class names.

Here’s what a real dev writes:

<div class="hero">Hello world, I’m a div.</div>

.hero {
  padding: 1rem;
  background: #333;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 0.5rem;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 3rem auto 0;
}

Readable. Maintainable. No glossary required to interpret your atomic brain fog.

🚽 JavaScript for a Dropdown?

You installed Alpine, or Vue, or jQuery just to do this:

const button = document.querySelector('#toggle');
const menu = document.querySelector('#menu');
button.addEventListener('click', () => menu.classList.toggle('open'));

That’s it. Two lines of JavaScript.

You’re not "modern." You're just code-intolerant.

🛑 Before You “npm Install” Anything…

Ask yourself:

Would this still work in 1999?
Can I do this in HTML/CSS/JS?
Am I using a framework to compensate for ignorance?

Most of you are building static sites, landing pages, and blogs — and reaching for tools meant for single-page apps with live sync state, websockets, and real-time data.

You’re using a bazooka to open a soda can.

🧠 You Don't Need a Framework — You Need a Reboot

Stop thinking like a copy-paster.
Learn how the web actually works.
Master the boring, fundamental stuff that makes your websites fast, accessible, and elegant.

Here’s a final dare:

<!-- A fully responsive site without frameworks -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; margin: 2rem; }
    .card {
      max-width: 600px;
      margin: auto;
      padding: 2rem;
      border: 1px solid #ccc;
      border-radius: 1rem;
      box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    }
    @media (max-width: 600px) {
      .card { padding: 1rem; }
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="card">
    <h1>Welcome</h1>
    <p>This site loads in 0.2s because I’m not a moron.</p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>