Comment by amiircoal

I’ve been a WordPress dev since 3.0. It is a tool. And a very good one. Its market share dominance it not because it is proprietary (it is not) or because of vendor lock in (there is none). It is because it works very well, it is lightweight, it runs pretty much on any host, and is friendly to devs and end users.

Part of being a good dev is knowing which tool to use (and when to not use a tool) and how to get the most out of the tool.