Probably has to do with the cyclical nature of this job... every one in a while we see new iterations of products that where made redundant by New-and-shiny PLC

Probably has to do with the cyclical nature of this job... every one in a while we see new iterations of products that where made redundant by New-and-shiny PLC. While not quite the same, we have seen similar takes, for example with Webforms, where the functionality resembles what some people are doing now with Hotwire, LiveView, Blazor, StimulusReflex, et al.