No it's not just you. In general, "follow latest trends blindly" has never been a winning strategy in software development at any point in computing history. No

No it's not just you. In general, "follow latest trends blindly" has never been a winning strategy in software development at any point in computing history. Now, that is not to say that you never change your tools or methodologies once you've mastered your existing tools. But the new tools/techs need to pass a very high bar before you subject your team to these.