I think OP is entirely missing the point of these frameworks. Zend Framework is probably the most enterprise-y PHP framework out there (vast amount of OOP patterns used, things copied from Java, heavy using of interfaces, etc) and if you don't like writing that kind of applications you shouldn't use it.
It seems to me that what he is trying to do is something like setting up a simple contact form using Java, Spring and Hibernate, and by this I don't mean that he codes silly stuff at all, but that if he feels this way he's just picking the wrong tools for the job.
I don't know anything about music but I also think that the analogy he used is wrong. Black Flag may do great music with much less equipment, but I doubt that with that drum kit the drummer would be able to do the same sounds or have the same precision as the drummer with the huge kit would.
Does OP know why Neil Peart needs all that stuff? I assume Neil wouldn't be able to play the same things in a minimalistic set up.
If you don't know what all the framework's "boilerplate" is for and you just want to get your application running, why are you using a framework in the first place? A framework is supposed to do stuff for you that you would have to otherwise do manually. If you don't normally do the stuff the framework does for you, don't use it.
There are plenty of quotes in there that I strongly disagree with (the commitment stuff mostly), but I think I can sum it up with saying that just because you can do great things with less it doesn't mean that having more is bad. Just learn to pick the right tool for the job.
It seems to me that what he is trying to do is something like setting up a simple contact form using Java, Spring and Hibernate, and by this I don't mean that he codes silly stuff at all, but that if he feels this way he's just picking the wrong tools for the job.
I don't know anything about music but I also think that the analogy he used is wrong. Black Flag may do great music with much less equipment, but I doubt that with that drum kit the drummer would be able to do the same sounds or have the same precision as the drummer with the huge kit would.
Does OP know why Neil Peart needs all that stuff? I assume Neil wouldn't be able to play the same things in a minimalistic set up.
If you don't know what all the framework's "boilerplate" is for and you just want to get your application running, why are you using a framework in the first place? A framework is supposed to do stuff for you that you would have to otherwise do manually. If you don't normally do the stuff the framework does for you, don't use it.
There are plenty of quotes in there that I strongly disagree with (the commitment stuff mostly), but I think I can sum it up with saying that just because you can do great things with less it doesn't mean that having more is bad. Just learn to pick the right tool for the job.
edit: jrockway is spot on regarding code quality.