Question for frontend devs: Are frameworks still worth it in 2025? 🤔

Last week I spent hours untangling Angular DI hell and React hydration quirks… and ended up rewriting a dashboard in vanilla JS + Signals.

Result?

Bundle went from 1.2MB → 30KB

Hydration lightning-fast

Zero DI headaches

I wrote a detailed article comparing Vanilla JS, React, Angular with:

Code snippets

Real bundle size numbers

Dev frustration scores

Best use cases & hybrid/future strategies

TL;DR: Frameworks aren’t obsolete, but Vanilla JS is more capable than most realize.

Dive into the debate here → https://medium.com/@nurrehman/do-we-even-need-frameworks-anymore-the-great-vanilla-js-debate-of-2025-fee9ea08ca17

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