I second this argument. We see it time and time again, 'I don't want to use some bloated framework like xyz...' followed by several posts from the same user about how to stop tripping up over issues getting started like this, reinventing the wheel while almost without fail making it worse, introducing security flaws or other related masochistic behaviours. People I know who have retro computing for a hobby keep that passion separate from their day jobs, where getting things done matters more than struggling with out dated cruft.