Trying to understand why the last guy who worked on my current project gutted out the framework specific data layer and replaced it with component-level ajax calls

Depending on the component I'm not above giving a component a one off api call for a very specific case just in that component ... provided if it is likely to stay there.

But otherwise wut.

@N00bPancakes @sadProgrammer

If there is a why there is most certainly a lack of descriptive VCS message and documentation.

Revert of changeset. Unclear intention.

Most of the time the answer is time

Random guess:

Sometimes you end up having write some code outside the framework.

Later on as your framework specific code requires an update you figure ”Why do I even need this framework stuff? Why not consolidate ans do the same thing here as I do outside the framework?”