🤯 Are Our Tech Stacks Getting Way Too Complicated?
Hey PH fam! 👋
Seriously — is anyone else drowning in frameworks, libraries, plugins, microservices, and “AI-powered” everything? 😅
Every week it feels like there’s a shiny new tool promising to save us time, but somehow… we end up spending more time just gluing it all together.
👉 Are we overcomplicating our stacks for no real benefit?
👉 Is simple actually the smartest play in 2025?
👉 How do you keep your stack lean and maintainable, without FOMO-ing over every trend?
👉 Have you ever regretted adding too many layers of tech?
I’d love to hear how you handle the endless hype cycle while still shipping solid products — share your stories, horror tales, or even guilty pleasures below.
Let’s talk about keeping things simple and sane — because sometimes less really is more! 🚀
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It's like you need a degree just to choose which framework to use now. 😩
100%. Feels like the stack is stacking on me.
Tech stacks today feel like Jenga towers one wrong move and everything breaks. We're chasing flexibility but drowning in layers of abstraction. Time to ask: are we building for users or just building to build.
I get it why it might feel overwhelming.
But for me personally, not really, no.
I'm pretty reluctant to adopt new shiny things just because everyone else is doing it. I stick to proven technologies and ones I actually have experience with - or at least have seen work reliably somewhere.
I avoid extra dependencies like the plague and always look for the simplest solution first. Before I even consider adopting something new, I make sure it actually works for my specific use case. I won't adopt it just because it's trendy.
The 'boring' tech stack that you know inside and out will usually serve you better than chasing every new framework.
Less really is more most of the time.
Just focus on solving the problem -- tools and technology are just enablers. And the simplest solution wins it all.
When in college, I was known to use matchsticks (sans their head, of course) to fix my music system or use some similar tricks :) So much for the technology ...ha ha
Totally resonate, Nithish. After spending years building and shipping in high-noise environments, I've learned this the hard way complexity often creeps in not because we need it, but because we're trying to keep up.
The stack that actually scales isn’t the one with the most tools it’s the one you can debug at 2AM without calling four people.
Now, I default to tools that are boring but battle-tested. If a new layer doesn’t reduce load, remove confusion, or enable speed I skip it, no matter how shiny it looks on Twitter.
Simple isn't flashy, but it ships.
And honestly? That’s all that matters.
While I agree things are too complicated, it's a symptom of the mess that the web stack itself has become.
The web is for transmitting information and the layering of junk comes from it being manipulated to do something it wasn't meant for - there shouldn't be security concerns when a site also has to pay for SSL - why is my bank in the same category as some random site?
It's been a false narrative chasing SEO now AEO, and standards setup so complex that it changes from being a standard to a tool of control that prevents innovation and startups from progressing. I've seen the webview stand in the way too many times.
Fortunately, that'll return to normalcy soon, as GPT slashes through the web pile, and cuts out the middlemen.