J-Fall 2023: The Case Against Frameworks – Jan-Hendrik Kuperus

Another day, another silver bullet. The world of software development changes so rapidly, it is sometimes hard to keep track of all novelties and innovations available to us. To make things worse, with every new framework, there will be those that claim it to be the solution to all your problems. Surely the use of frameworks is a good thing, right? Well, this talk will explore some arguments against that proposition. We will look at how the use of frameworks might impact the security of your system; what other downsides there are of using some frameworks and even how the reliance on frameworks could be impacting the ability of developers to understand what is going when things go wrong. Apart from being cautionary, this talk will also show there is a large opportunity for learning in trying to understand frameworks. Being critical and curious will lead to greater understanding which leads to better choices.