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Pardon my cynicism but the adjective 'simple' has been abused to the point where it repels me when I find it in framework descriptions.

Calling something 'simple' is a subjective statement which is a meaningless waste of words, especially from the author of the framework. Of course you perceive your own framework as simple. Nobody designs a framework to intentionally make something more complicated.

The word 'simple' is repeated 8 times in the first 2 paragraphs of your description. It reads like something thrown together in a thoughtless hurry. Your framework could be wonderful but it leaves the reader wondering if the code has the same level of investment as the description.



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As Rich Hickey argues[1], 'simple' can be an objective statement. Though I agree that without an explanation of what exactly makes this library 'simple', the better word may be 'easy'.

[1] https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy


I was just thinking about this the other day and the subjective statement was "powerful".




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