That's a totally reasonable sentiment and I can totally see how I didn't clearly articulate my feelings on the matter. Of course we do want new tooling - ES6 a

That's a totally reasonable sentiment and I can totally see how I didn't clearly articulate my feelings on the matter. Of course we do want new tooling - ES6 and Angular in particular have worked well for me. Where I have some trouble is the tendency of some organizations to adopt these frameworks without considering whether the framework is actually solving a problem the have or expect to have in the near future. YAGNI is very tricky to get right.