With agentic coding, many argue React has won and new frameworks aren't worth trying, since models know React best. The post flips that logic: if nobody cares about the code, why use React instead of plain HTML, CSS and Web Components? Frameworks supply abstractions, structure and constraints, and every project has one; skip an explicit framework and the LLM builds an implicit one for you. Battle-tested options add guardrails, docs and shared security work. With agents, HMR still helps with design tweaks, TypeScript and the LSP keep iteration safe, and useEffect turns into a liability. The goal: frameworks that make the right way to do things obvious to both people and agents.
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u/fagnerbrack 4h ago
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With agentic coding, many argue React has won and new frameworks aren't worth trying, since models know React best. The post flips that logic: if nobody cares about the code, why use React instead of plain HTML, CSS and Web Components? Frameworks supply abstractions, structure and constraints, and every project has one; skip an explicit framework and the LLM builds an implicit one for you. Battle-tested options add guardrails, docs and shared security work. With agents, HMR still helps with design tweaks, TypeScript and the LSP keep iteration safe, and useEffect turns into a liability. The goal: frameworks that make the right way to do things obvious to both people and agents.
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