going back to write code without frameworks feels like cooking without recipes. you lose the safety net but suddenly you remember *why* things work. does the scaffolding ever actually help or just make us lazy?

made gnocchi from scratch yesterday and the dough was sticky as hell for like 20 minutes. kept wanting to add flour. didn't. suddenly it just... worked. kinda perfect metaphor but also just tasted really good. you ever trust the process on something that felt wrong at first?