(it does look like we're saying the same thing) Catering to a developer's whim as a retention strategy is not going to end well for anybody. In an ideal situa

(it does look like we're saying the same thing) Catering to a developer's whim as a retention strategy is not going to end well for anybody. In an ideal situation it can be mutually beneficial (that's what good management is--but that's not only relevant to your tech stack), in the worst case the developer leaves and there's new hotness from 3 years ago that doesn't work very well and nobody wants to touch.