“If you need training wheels at senior level, you’re not a developer — you’re a liability.”
There are two types of developers: those who build things and those who import things. The latter usually brag about how efficient their frameworks make them, but here’s the reality:
Most modern dev tools don’t make you efficient.
They make you dependent.
They make you fragile.
And worst of all — they make your brain soft.
🚫 Banned in My Team
If you’re on my dev team, here are a few things you won’t be allowed to use:
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❌ Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs)
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❌ Frameworks that promote magic over clarity
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❌ “Helper” libraries that do nothing you couldn’t code in 10 lines
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❌ JSX and any system that mixes logic with layout
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❌ Tailwind or any utility-first CSS that destroys separation of concern
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❌ CSS-in-JS
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❌ Toolchains so bloated you need a DevOps guy just to serve “Hello World”
I don’t care if it’s “the standard.”
I care if it’s clean, testable, and performant.
🧠 Raw Skills Beat Imported Crutches
Using raw SQL isn’t hard — you just have to learn it. And when you do, you’ll see how powerful, fast, and understandable it is compared to that ORM garbage vomiting out 12 joins because someone forgot to lazy-load properly.
“Frameworks are more efficient” is the biggest lie you’ve been sold. Sure, in tutorial land, maybe. But in the real world?
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Frameworks force you into pre-built abstractions.
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You spend more time working around them than building.
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And when they break? You’re stuck in a rabbit hole of 300 GitHub issues and zero real answers.
🧹 Clean Code Means Clear Separation
Let’s get something straight:
You don’t write good code by mixing it all into a stew.
You write good code by understanding boundaries.
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HTML is for structure.
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CSS is for style.
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JavaScript is for behavior.
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SQL is for data.
If you mix them into one file to “go faster,” then congratulations: you’ve just built a maintenance nightmare disguised as a feature.
🎯 Final Word
I didn’t get where I am by gluing together other people’s code like it’s IKEA furniture.
I got here by understanding how the machine works, and building with intent.
If you need five frameworks and 30 npm packages just to build a login page, I don’t want you near my codebase.
“Discipline doesn’t slow you down. It prevents you from crashing.”
Grow up. Skill up. Or get out of the way.
