> I keep bumping into the fact that using mentally cheap signals of quality (such as stars or DL counts) almost never indicates the quality of the thing itself.
I find that docs are typically a really good proxy for quality. Solid docs with clear expression of intent (design, usage, features) is usually a good sign.
Astro.js, VueUse, Quasar (it's ugly, but amazing).
The components are the most complete set I've come across and cover a really broad famit of use cases. Docs are really good. Great toolset for building fast (though AI now may bias towards Tailwind and just generate whatever you need).
Astro.js, VueUse, Quasar (it's ugly, but amazing).