Just because it’s not web (LAMP or current-fad.js) software doesn’t make it “weird software”. By that definition everyone I work with does “weird software” since web technology (and the halo of stuff around it) never comes up. Just because places like HN are super, super biased towards web stuff doesn’t make everything else unusual.
Is it a matter of not finding the problems solved by LAMP/js frameworks interesting? Or in the cases where you solve the same issues as the frameworks, are you not finding the upsides of using frameworks compelling enough to justify learning them enough to become more productive?
Looks like a typical case of Not Invented Here syndrome:<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here</a><p>It's common for devs to go through this phase.
"better is different is worse" is neither valid nor invalid. It can be whichever the person saying it wants.<p>I say don't worry about the orthodoxy of your stuff, only the function of your stuff.<p>If it meets your priorities better than the usual way, then by definition it was more correct than the usual way. It just means your priorities were different than others, but that is fine. Other peolple are idiots who don't even know why they do what they do. As long as you know why you do something a certain way, that's all that matters.