Nonsense. Competent designers with 8 or 10 years experience should absolutely be capable of architecting a solid system that is cleanly extensible for forseeabl

Nonsense. Competent designers with 8 or 10 years experience should absolutely be capable of architecting a solid system that is cleanly extensible for forseeable business requirements. Probably one huge confounding factor, however, is the continual drive by juniors (or supposed seniors who think like juniors) to use the latest & shiniest technologies. These of course these are unknown to the team, of questionable long-term suitability and introduced without knowledge of the "right" way to use them. In the article the OP describes using Elixir without A) needing it or B) being able to handle its downsides. Plus many random versions of Angular and React. Plus the overheads of an excessive focus on SOA. My emphasis in architecture is on using simple & strong tools, and delivering great architecture in the problem space. Configurability, extensibility and DSLs are my forte. I don't need a new language -- I know how to use the ones I've got.