> You shouldn't fear new things. I found one easy way is to just ask the person using the technology why they are using it. As long as they understand the trad

> You shouldn't fear new things. I found one easy way is to just ask the person using the technology why they are using it. As long as they understand the trade-off and understand how it works, that's fine. If they say because they've seen stories on HN or at latest meetup someone mentioned, or it's "async so therefore faster", then be worried. I used to be that person out of college who didn't know and just went by whatever seemed more popular or whichever project had the coolest front page with most futuristic looking hexagons and such on it.