They aren't, you just don't hear about it. Basically everything in tech has gone through a hype cycle when everyone was talking about it, when it was the shiny

They aren't, you just don't hear about it. Basically everything in tech has gone through a hype cycle when everyone was talking about it, when it was the shiny new hammer that needed to be applied to every problem and appear in every resume. A bit over 20 years ago I interviewed with a company who was hiring someone to help them "move everything to XML". Over the course of the two hour interview I tired unsuccessfully to figure out what they actually wanted to do. I don't think they actually understood what XML was, but I still wonder from time to time what they were actually trying to achieve and if they ever accomplished it.