@loke @mensrea Sorry for being obtuse; lots of orgs have picked up React because they were told it's industry-standard, that they would be able to hire for it easily, etc. etc. It turns out that React on its own doesn't get you very far, and so there's a ton of time and money that needs to be spent either building infra to support some agglomeration of state tools + SSR configs + component libraries, or investment in learning metaframeworks like Next.

The savings never materialise.

@dalias @mensrea @loke @slightlyoff That's it! Project management styles and tech choices are both shaped by the need to make the work of programmers predictable and measurable. Huge costs are incurred, and seen as entirely worthwhile.