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Posted on Jul 18

My Fastest Projects Use Zero Frameworks.

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(No React. No Vue. No Tailwind. No BS.)

Frameworks are great — until they’re not.

Sometimes, I just want to build something fast:
A tool. A landing page. A dashboard prototype. A weird side project at 2AM.

But spinning up React or Next.js?
Too slow. Too heavy. Too much boilerplate.

So I stopped using frameworks for small projects.
And guess what?

I build and deploy faster than ever — with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and a sprinkle of CDN magic).

Let me show you why zero-framework projects are my new secret weapon — and how you can build & ship something useful tonight, not next week.

🏁 Why I Went Framework-Free (Sometimes)

Frameworks are amazing when:

You’re building complex stateful apps
You need routing, data fetching, caching, etc.
You’re working in teams

But for:

Landing pages
Simple tools
MVP dashboards
Idea validation

They’re often overkill.

I realized I was importing megabytes of code just to render a button and fetch an API.

So I stopped.

🔧 The Stack I Use Now (for Quick Tools)

✅ HTML

Old-school, semantic, fast to write.
Use HTMX if you want “AJAX without JS”.

✅ CSS

I use:

Pico.css for beautiful defaults
Or Pure CSS + classList.toggle() when I want full control

✅ JS (vanilla or Alpine.js)

No bundlers. Just <script type="module">.
Or use Alpine.js for quick reactivity.

✅ Deployment

Use Netlify Drop
Or Vercel with static export
Or host on GitHub Pages (takes 30 seconds)

📦 Example: Build a Mini AI Tool in 10 Minutes

<!-- index.html -->
<input id="prompt" placeholder="Ask me anything">
<button onclick="ask()">Send</button>
<pre id="output"></pre>

<script type="module">
  async function ask() {
    const prompt = document.getElementById('prompt').value
    const res = await fetch("https://api.youraiendpoint.com", {
      method: "POST",
      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
      body: JSON.stringify({ prompt })
    });
    const data = await res.json();
    document.getElementById("output").textContent = data.result;
  }
</script>

No build step. No React state. No npm install.

Just write → test → deploy.

🧠 When I Choose “No Framework”

Project Type	Framework-Free?
Landing Page	✅ Absolutely
One-Page Tool	✅ Even better
Dev Utility	✅ Works great
Blog/CMS	❌ Use a SSG or CMS
Dynamic Web App	❌ Framework needed

⚡ Benefits I Didn’t Expect

Crazy fast load times (under 1s with zero JS bundling)
No build errors or dependency issues
Tiny repos I can clone, edit, ship in minutes
Easier to share with beginners / non-devs

🛠 Tools That Help

Pico.css – Classless modern CSS
HTMX – Add interactivity with attributes
Alpine.js – Lightweight reactivity
Page.js – Tiny SPA router
ContentMint – Local tool to generate static HTML/Markdown content from structured prompts

🚀 The 1-Hour Project Rule

I now follow this simple rule:

“If it takes less than 1 hour to build, it shouldn’t need a framework.”

I’ve shipped:

AI-powered text tools
Email signup pages
Daily journal loggers
Markdown editors
Simple dashboards

...all in one evening, with zero dependencies.

Final Thought

You don’t always need React.
You don’t always need Tailwind.

Sometimes, all you need is a .html, a .css, and 30 minutes of focused coding.

My fastest projects use zero frameworks — and they’re the ones that actually shipped.

💬 Ever built something great with no framework at all?
Drop a link or story in the comments 👇

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