> It's concerning how typical the hype machine is in IT. Software engineering is still a young discipline. Probably half of the people have less than 4 years o

> It's concerning how typical the hype machine is in IT. Software engineering is still a young discipline. Probably half of the people have less than 4 years of experience. They learned from other employees that also had less than 4 years of experience. And that can be repeated for 10 generations of developers. We are learning, and re-learning the same lessons again and again. Everything seems new and better and then we are surprised when it's not a silver bullet. Software and cloud vendors do not help. They are the first ones to hype their new language, framework or platform. Technology lock-in is a goal for tech companies offering hardware or services. > This is not engineering with objectives in mind Curriculum driven development is a thing. And I cannot blame developers for it when the industry hires you and sets your salary based on it. We need to be more mature and, as you suggest, think about our technical and business goals when choosing a technology instead of letting providers lock us in their latest tech.