This does indeed sound silly. If people were to use proper arguments to select technology, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. Unfortunately, most of us are more susceptible towards aesthetics, novelty, and admiration of self-proclaimed software gurus. Thanks for being open about this and sharing.

It would have been nice if I had realized this aspect of technological evolution earlier in my career. I might have spent more time learning about marketing than about the actual technology.

> If people were to use proper arguments to select technology, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place.

The ultimate killer argument is always "does it improve my CV?"

CV driven development is usually the reason for questionable technology choices

No worries, it's never too late to learn important truths about human nature!

Novelty is good. Not every new thing is an improvement, but every improvement is a new thing.

I'm not sure if this is real or a subtle parody of the stereotypical JS/node user.

Maybe both?

Yeah.. It's become a cliché that web developers, especially in the JavaScript ecosystem, are always chasing after what's "new and shiny". This leads to constant churn, new frameworks and libraries that reinvent the wheel, endless stuff to learn and catch up. It gets tiring after a while.

So the old-timers remind us, "Choose boring technology." Reliable and boring is a good thing.

On the other hand, I recently started learning Bun, and oh what a breath of fresh air, it makes things fun again. I love that its codebase is so readable and small still, and everything is freshly designed with the insights of experience and hindsight. It doesn't have the accumulated cruft, years of decisions and compromises.

So, sometimes it's great to shed the old and grow with the new generation.

I know! The dinosaur brand is awesome :)

I agree! I'm very pleased to see the return of the Deno dino.

I like it too . I even liked the old website better than the current one. It was more colorful and fancy.

Brand reflects a project's philosphy. Deno is thought to be easy and simple, and the "childish" branding reflects that.

So you may not be wrong at all in your criteria. Subjective human communication can be more effective than objective communication sometimes ;). It just works at a different level.