Remember when we just had HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript? You could build a perfectly functional website with a text editor and some FTP access. Life was simple. Pages loaded instantly. No build process, no transpiling, no waiting 15 minutes for node_modules to install. But nope, we couldn't leave well enough alone. Now you need React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, 47 different build tools, a PhD in webpack configuration, and three different package managers just to render "Hello World" with a fancy fade-in animation. Your simple blog now requires a CI/CD pipeline, Docker containers, and costs $200/month to host. The best part? We convinced ourselves this complexity was "necessary" and "modern best practices." Sure, we get better developer experience and component reusability, but at what cost? Your grandma's WordPress site from 2008 still loads faster than your over-engineered SPA.