The Cost of Frameworks

I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance | Loren Stewart

I needed to choose a framework for a mobile-first app at work. I started comparing Next.js, SolidStart, and SvelteKit, then expanded to 10 frameworks. The measurements revealed dramatic differences in bundle sizes, performance, and the real cost of framework choices.

Stop learning frameworks

We are developers. We need to stay up to date with technology. Every day, we learn programming languages, frameworks, and libraries. The more modern tools we know — the better. Keeping up to date with Angular, React, Vue, Riot, Ember, Knockout is fun. But we are wasting our time.

Do Frameworks Matter Anymore?

I'm not trying to be facetious. I want to really want consider whether or not, in 2026, in the age of vibe coding, agentic programming, loop or graph or whatever diagrammatic metaphor-based engineering is most popular, does it matters what web framework you use? More importantly (to me and my particular interests), and at the risk of Betteridge-ing myself: should we make new frameworks?

Frameworks without the framework: why didn’t we think of this sooner?

You can’t write serious applications in vanilla JavaScript without hitting a complexity wall. But a compiler can do it for you.

Making the Jump: How Desktop-Era Frameworks Can Thrive on Mobile

How do tools that grew up on the desktop, like Ember, Angular and React, make the jump to the mobile future?

The viability of JS frameworks on mobile

Whether I like it or not, not everyone using my web apps will be running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S or a Nexus 6P and connecting via super-speedy wifi.

Elanis/web-to-desktop-framework-comparison

An objective comparison of multiple frameworks that allow us to "transform" our web apps to desktop applications.

Do you really want an SPA framework?

First, sell your soul to the framework maintainer…

progression.fyi

A collection of open source frameworks for helping designers and engineers to grow at work

Thinking Frameworks | 2021

Sharing out the best meta-thinking tools I’ve learned this year

JavaScript Frameworks - Heading into 2026

I suppose after three years, we can consider my review of JavaScript Frameworks an annual event now....

What is a framework? Understanding their purpose, value, development and use

Many frameworks exist across the sciences and science-policy interface, but it is not always clear how they are developed or can be applied. It is also often vague how new or existing frameworks are positioned in a theory of science to advance a specific theory or paradigm. This article examines these questions and positions the role of frameworks as integral but often vague scientific tools, highlighting benefits and critiques. While frameworks can be useful for synthesizing and communicating core concepts in a field, they often lack transparency in how they were developed and how they can be applied. Positioning frameworks within a theory of science can aid in knowing the purpose and value of framework use. This article provides a meta-framework for visualizing and engaging the four mediating processes for framework development and application: (1) empirical generalization, (2) theoretical fitting, (3) application, and (4) hypothesizing. Guiding points for scholars and policymakers using or developing frameworks in their research are provided in closing.

The Framework Desktop may be the easiest PC you've ever built

The Framework Desktop was made by people who hate imprecise, vague instructions. It's a desktop PC you can build in minutes, with your hand held every step of the way.

Fresh - The simple, approachable, productive web framework.

Fresh features just-in-time edge rendering, island based interactivity, and zero-configuration TypeScript support. Fast to write; fast to run.

Everything you need to know about: Svelte

Everything you need to know about the world’s most loved JS framework