What I've seen is a loss in the ability to architect solutions that are simple. There seems to be a feeling that if doesn't include every technology available

What I've seen is a loss in the ability to architect solutions that are simple. There seems to be a feeling that if doesn't include every technology available that it's missing something. Good architectures (think both software and construction, both) only use what they need. They are complete not when there is nothing left to add, but nothing left to take away. Good architectures make changes and extensions effortless. Instead, as Alan Kay says, "Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves." He said that a while ago and it's getting worse.