Comment by sosodev
7 hours ago
I don't know if Next.js, TanStack, etc are more abstract than Rails, Django, etc. They're undoubtedly more complex though. I also find it hard to believe that it's some sort of conspiracy by management to make developers more fungible. I've seen plenty of developers choose complexity with no outside pressure.
Next certainly feels more complex than Laravel or Rails while only providing most of the view layer and a client-server protocol based on React.
You're still left alone with i18n, auth, and pretty much anything to do with the backend, all of which the Rails of this world have you covered.