I think your description of the thought process and the eventual realisation that it is really hard to choose something that is pragmatic is spot-on. FWIW, I w

I think your description of the thought process and the eventual realisation that it is really hard to choose something that is pragmatic is spot-on. FWIW, I would agree that most of the time you don't need an overly fancy solution. Some technologies are good for many (but not all) situations - such as relational databases. Others are useful in much more specific scenarios. That still leaves a lot of room for debate about which specific tools to use. It also leaves a lot of room for debates along the lines of "yes, I know that the whole 2000 people company uses bongoDB at scale, but in this particular case, it's actually not a good idea", something which unfortunately many people can probably relate to if they've worked at a bigger company.