Not to be divisive but I see a parallel here with what happened in the gaming industry. As it became more popular and socially acceptable, the quality of games

Not to be divisive but I see a parallel here with what happened in the gaming industry. As it became more popular and socially acceptable, the quality of games went down, from the perspective of people who played games when they were unpopular. Eg. baldurs gate vs fortnite. Development is now fueled by an insatiable industry demand and fairly high salaries, and a lot of offshoring to desperate countries where it’s a way out. The taste of people who only write software in the context of cultural cache and a salary is always going to be different from that of people attracted to something for its own sake. This conversation even reflects that- Too comment how many days before I can be productive for X company in JavaScript from scratch? That’s not a question I’m interested in but it’s been accepted as the most interesting question here.