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> Plain javascript is painful.

Which is exactly why he isn't advocating plain javascript. You should take a look at micro-frameworks like Intercooler (and htmx, unpoly alpinejs etc). For devs who don't remember the days before megaframeworks it can be quite illuminating to see a different way of looking at things.



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