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Certainly, getting to market early, being stable, compatible, secure, accessible etc. is way more important than performance, but I think the hate is justified.

Browsers are super-performant these days: JS and CSS engines are highly optimised, internet connections are very fast, server-side caching makes for an instant response, and yet web apps are slower and less compatible than they've ever been.

You mention Angular, which is a big, slow, complex, and horrible framework. It's a fine example of the nonsense that is perpetuated all the time in the web dev world (I'd call it an extreme example if it wasn't used everywhere).

I often say on here that all you need for most applications (that are currently adopting Angular) is a bit of jQuery, and I get pointed and laughed at every single time, but my jQuery app would be smaller, simpler, faster, and easier to maintain than its Angular equivalent for just about every use-case going.

P.S. It makes me angry that you got down-voted for having an opinion - it seems that we've all got to think the same these days. Thanks for making a valuable contribution to this discussion.



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