I know many more examples of decade-old, poorly designed not-invented-here-driven projects slowing velocity to a crawl. Teams adapting tools that are considered

I know many more examples of decade-old, poorly designed not-invented-here-driven projects slowing velocity to a crawl. Teams adapting tools that are considered state-of-the-art in their field saves you from that road. Obviously you still have to make sane architectural decisions. The author misses the point, it's not at all about hype, it's about making uninformed decisions. They can be made about new or old technology.