I, for one, want to see something beyond the shiny-toy syndrome when I talk to a team member about why we need to use the tool/technology/framework/library in q

I, for one, want to see something beyond the shiny-toy syndrome when I talk to a team member about why we need to use the tool/technology/framework/library in question. I'm all for personal improvement, and every technology, regardless how different it is, that we learn/become familiar with makes us better professionals. But sandbox to production is a long way. Keeping things simple has its merits.