I remember trying to understand DDE, then trying to understand OLE. I thought it was great, being able to use these technologies, and thinking about its potent

I remember trying to understand DDE, then trying to understand OLE. I thought it was great, being able to use these technologies, and thinking about its potential. "Wow, I can write programs that other programs can interface with!" Then COM came out, then I thought "Okay, I'll try to learn about that one of these days." That never happened, of course. When ActiveX came out, that's when I realized the futility of trying to keep up. Nowadays, I experience the same futility with (take your pic) (a) flavor-of-the-month languages (b) JS frameworks (c) web APIs (d) mobile platforms.