Well sure, that is a valid point.
But, if I EVER had a developer apply for the same job without actually using a framework to handle, for example, security and authentication they wouldn't make it to the interview. Any developer that doesn't understand when to offload the roll your own to the ecosystem simply won't get in the door here.
Most of these kinds of jobs are not tooling jobs and frameworks are EXACTLY the correct tool for the job.
I have NEVER had a user open up a rails or django app and complain that we use rails or django. All that nonsense about performance is bullshit.
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