(It was not fun times. It was "hey everyone, all our problems will be solved by adopting XXX" which inevitably introduced a new set of problems which could be

(It was not fun times. It was "hey everyone, all our problems will be solved by adopting XXX" which inevitably introduced a new set of problems which could be solved by only adopting half of XXX and all of YYY, repeat. Now that I think about it, I don't think anything has really changed, except that now the XXX has mutated into a XYZZY, we call it technical debt and then we retire to leave it for the next lot.)