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Re:Ask HN: Are developers who build libs and dev tools safer... by raw_anon_1111 on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:55PM (#47129520)
Who is making money from selling tools and libraries and compilers? All of those are supported by BigCorp and given away for free.

And who needs an abstraction layer like a framework?

I’m not a web dev at all for instance and haven’t done web development in a decade. I was able to create a relatively feature filled internal web tool in less than a day using Codex-CLI. It didn’t use any frameworks just raw HTML.

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Re:Ask HN: Are developers who build libs and dev tools safer... by verdverm on Monday February 23, 2026 @05:06PM (#47129662)
Frameworks or libraries are about reusing the common stuff. If you want to make any serious app, you are going to use one or reimplement one. They have their feature set for reasons (mostly).
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