Funkatron's MicroPHP Manifesto

Just saw this over on @funkatron's blog:

The MicroPHP Manifesto:

I am a PHP developer

• I am not a Zend Framework or Symfony or CakePHP developer
• I think PHP is complicated enough

I like building small things

• I like building small things with simple purposes
• I like to make things that solve problems
• I like building small things that work together to solve larger problems

I want less code, not more

• I want to write less code, not more
• I want to manage less code, not more
• I want to support less code, not more
• I need to justify every piece of code I add to a project

I like simple, readable code

• I want to write code that is easily understood
• I want code that is easily verifiable

I agree that there are "and-the-kitchen sink" frameworks out there that do too much. I also agree that having every developer re-invent the wheel is not the ideal situation. The main problem I see with the macro-frameworks is that they tend to not allow me to strip out their functionality and replace it with another library when I need to. I much prefer smaller libraries and components that I can mix and match if necessary. Isn't that the whole point of code re-use in the first place?

So maybe this isn't so much about huge frameworks being bad as it is that they should be built off small, interchangeable coponents? Wasn't there a call for more inter-operability a little while back?

Funkatron has made it pretty clear that these are his personal preferences, but that hasn't stopped the haters.