I love this article and the pluralist worldview harking back to 2015/16. I'd love to tell my team "Hey we're going to build this small separate use case in Svelte". But the evaluation checklist, which is pretty accurate, is in direct opposition to the point being made.
Assess Performance Needs: 99% of apps are not going to notice the difference, so you choose React
Team Skills and Learning Curve: Everyone knows React, nobody knows Qwik, you choose React
Scaling and Cost of Ownership: Immaterial
Ecosystem Fit: React has the more full and stable ecosystem, you choose React
On top of all this, all the AI tools have good capability with React - defaulting to it themselves - and engineers are increasingly expected to make significant use of AI tooling.
Assess Performance Needs: 99% of apps are not going to notice the difference, so you choose React
Team Skills and Learning Curve: Everyone knows React, nobody knows Qwik, you choose React
Scaling and Cost of Ownership: Immaterial
Ecosystem Fit: React has the more full and stable ecosystem, you choose React
On top of all this, all the AI tools have good capability with React - defaulting to it themselves - and engineers are increasingly expected to make significant use of AI tooling.