Frameworks = astroturfing
I just realised how the creation of frameworks is near astroturfing.
You see, a framework doesn’t do anything by itself. You have to put code around it to make it useful. That won’t stop developers claiming how great their framework is, how awesome they API is and such. In the end, they have nothing to prove that. They leave it to others to complete the work.
I mean, what’s the point to say that you wrote the greatest and most clean framework to web development or to get emails from any protocol using the small amount of memory ever if there isn’t a single webpage or email client available using it? It is just saying “see how great I’m; unfortunately, I can’t prove it, but you have to take my word”. Yeah, I have faith on you. NOT!
And yes, I just found the meaning of “astroturf” today, thank you very much for asking.
Oh, and yes, I know a certain email library that the developer is just astroturfing. Web development framework is just one of the most common types of framework around.
