JavaScript based webdev continually makes the next thing you have to do seem easy if you just use this framework, that approach, the latest library for it, and

JavaScript based webdev continually makes the next thing you have to do seem easy if you just use this framework, that approach, the latest library for it, and the build tool that finally handles this case. It's a textbook example of the combination of the sunk cost fallacy and short-termism: you continually make amazing web stuff happen quickly by going into just a bit more technical debt. It's a technical debt pyramid scheme. The further you get, the more you're trapped by your previous decisions of convenience. It's an ecosystem addicted to quick fixes, no matter the cost.