Alёna Batitskaia
abatickaya.bsky.social
Alёna Batitskaia
@abatickaya.bsky.social
Frontend developer, speaker, writer, team lead Doka.guide, GoogleDevExpert for Web, WomenTechmakers Ambassador.

London, UK
What’s your current stack?
Could it be simpler?
Would you dare to try building something this week with just the basics?

Let’s talk.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Vanilla is fast.
Stable.
Freeing.

Start there.
Add complexity only when you really need it.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Be honest:
When was the last time you built something with just HTML/CSS/JS?

No bundler.
No CLI.
No plugins.
Just you and the browser.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The browser is not broken.
You don’t need to wrap everything in abstraction just to build a form or a button.

Write HTML.
Style with CSS.
Sprinkle JS.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sometimes you don’t need a framework.
You need structure.
You need clarity.
You need to breathe.

Vanilla lets you do that.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s just you, the browser, and the web as it was meant to be —
stable, fast, and under your control.

In a world where everything changes every six months, vanilla feels like freedom.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JS free you from the constant churn of packages, plugins, and breaking changes.

No build steps.
No dependency hell.
No guessing which version still works.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Frameworks are powerful.
But they come with a price:

- complexity
- dependencies
- mental overhead
- keeping up with churn
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
HTML, CSS, and JS are still enough.

Not always.
But more often than you think.

Start simple.
Then scale intentionally.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
You spin up a new repo.
What’s the first thing you install?

React? Next? Tailwind? Astro?

Wait.
Just wait.
You might not need any of that.
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM