[Bigpet]

I don't think you're arguing against anything that was said in that post. There was never an "at all cost". The author was hedging even in the headlines ("indiscriminately", "before you know you need one" and "always, always").

[victorbjorklund]

Have a hard time imagine when you would benefit from just html files (unless it is literally a one pager that will never change)

[Bigpet]

You make it sound like there isn't a very wide range of solutions between "just write html files" and "use a complete website framework". There's a space in there where a large percentage of web projects used to be located in.