I think you're mixing up the intended use of the "toy project," i.e. skill development, with the complexity of a real world project with a growing number of use cases, including a proliferating number of mobile devices and features –– just something to keep in mind.
I was stirring :) I think that it's not coincidental that Web development frameworks are collapsing under their own weight and programmers are going mad because there's just too many shiny things.
