Do we really? The last decade or so sure appears to be about reinventing wheels more than everything else, both as a generational motto and as an incentive for

Do we really? The last decade or so sure appears to be about reinventing wheels more than everything else, both as a generational motto and as an incentive for cloud businesses. Not only has preservation and forward compatibility of Web content been a non-priority, it's being actively worked against and cheered at with major content outlets using JavaScript-only sites, and many projects turning to JavaScript-heavy approaches even for content-oriented sites. We peaked around 2005 or so in our collective efforts to recognize the value of standards in information processing and preservation. Doing regular HTML sites is considered old-school and on the verge of becoming a forgotten craft with newcomers fixated to look at frameworks. The irony is that HTML and SGML already operate at a higher level than frameworks and JSON, much in the same way that SQL operates at a higher level of abstraction than record-oriented ORMs.