I think the problem are not the fads and hype trains (those have always existed and will exist - remember "network computing", "netpc", "thin client", "i-anythi

I think the problem are not the fads and hype trains (those have always existed and will exist - remember "network computing", "netpc", "thin client", "i-anything", ".com", etc?). The problem is: a) Inexperienced developers that confuse jumping on hype with "modern" and sound engineering, especially when the project is not something to be deployed and forgotten about but something that will need to be maintained for a decade or more (will your Kubernetes or blockchain be still around in 10+ years?). b) Clueless managers that allow it to happen (or, worse, actively push it) c) Spineless hucksters that would sell you the Moon as long as they get their provision. Neither is the fault of the technology or the engineers who have created it. Heck, I have recently witnessed a representative of a company manufacturing mining excavators (this type of equipment: https://daemar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dreamstime_m_82885579.jpg https://daemar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dreamstime_m_8... - company is not Daemar, though) giving a breathless talk about how they "innovate in metaverse" by giving their customers the opportunity to buy NFTs of the pictures of their excavators. Seriously, not making that one up ... That's just general lack of common sense, general lack of understanding of who your market is and what your customers are actually asking for (hint, NFT it probably isn't unless you are in the business of yet another crypto Ponzi scheme) combined with FOMO. And the company management either gets it - and tamps down on it or the company will go out of business at some point. This is not really about software - all of those things have their places and can have great benefits when used in the right way for the right purpose (not because it is trendy, modern or because the competition is doing it too) and by people who actually understand them (and the consequences of deploying them).