I get what you're saying, and I do agree that beginners can easily get bogged down in all the different tools, frameworks and libraries, however at the end of t

I get what you're saying, and I do agree that beginners can easily get bogged down in all the different tools, frameworks and libraries, however at the end of the day I feel like beginners just have to learn how to navigate the ecosystem. If a novice is trying to build a webpack powered react/redux SPA on top of kafka without understanding basic programming fundamentals then only their own failure is going to teach them why that isn't such a great idea. At a minimum I think we need to just expect beginners to do a little research on what it is they need to learn. Overambitious novices are not exclusive to the software world, think of a novice guitar player who insists on spending $3000 on pedals, amps and mixing software before they're able to pluck out "twinkle twinkle little star"; some people just need to learn the hard way. Besides, as you alluded to, having the ability to weigh tradeoffs and make a cost/benefit analysis is a honed skill that takes time and experience to develop and making a few incorrect choices is a critical part of the learning process.