I'm well aware of the many reasons to use a web framework. I'm just wondering whether anyone out there is using absolutely no web framework whatsoever to develop their web projects.

I would really love to know the reason(s) why you're not using a web framework.

For the sake of this discussion, your programming language of choice does not matter.

Some possibilities for discussion:

• You don't hide behind an ORM.

• You don't rely on any sort of templating system.

• You think MVC is a really nice TLA but lacks an essential vowel or two.

• No need for any additional javascript framework tomfoolery.

• You just write as much code as possible in your native programming language(s).

Summary of reasons thus far:

• Language learning opportunities.

• Specific performance reasons (write-intensive transaction processing).

• Seeking more nuanced control over your data and applications (less abstraction).

• You're building your own framework! Prove to yourself that you can succeed (or fail) just like the big framework-building gurus.

• Integration issues with unpopular/legacy technologies (exotic databases or protocols come to mind).

• Big company, lots of code, no talent nor buy-in present to move to a web framework.

• Some frameworks really lock you in and cannot perpetually grow along with your needs. These few black sheep don't make it easy to jump outside of the framework, write some custom code, and easily jump back in. When you finally escape the asylum, you'll never look back.