This is part of the problem: people say "do" or "don't" or "considered harmful" and suddenly this becomes a fashion everybody seems to follow no matter what. I

This is part of the problem: people say "do" or "don't" or "considered harmful" and suddenly this becomes a fashion everybody seems to follow no matter what. I saw the same with OOP, at some point it was almost a heresy to say there are many cases when OO design is inefficient or problematic. You would be labelled as uneducated or ignorant. For the same reason I'd never use a goto at work even though I know it has some limited valid uses. Etc. etc. One would think that by know everybody understood that each technology has its own advantages and limitations and it makes zero sense to follow current trends but rather to examine the project well and use the tech that fits best, regardless what current "evangelists" say.