The flip side is brushing off everything new or unfamiliar as just hype. Everything we use now, all our old shit, once upon a time was the new hotness. So, wer

The flip side is brushing off everything new or unfamiliar as just hype. Everything we use now, all our old shit, once upon a time was the new hotness. So, were the people who used it then going off of hype? When did the decision to use Java (for instance) switch from being hype to being wise? At what point is the reaction "ah yes, this person made a wise decision based on their deep understanding of the right tool for the job" instead of "you just like shiny things" and eye rolls? Perhaps sometimes people choose new technologies because they understand the potential and they don't think everything we have today is necessarily perfect. It seems that for most, the answer to the question I posed above is: everybody who switched to the thing I like before I did is a hipster. Everyone who switched after I did is a dinosaur.