There was no 'boring tech revolution'. Instead we got 10 years of NodeJS and React monocultures. We got 'let's build everything with Javascript' as the replacem

There was no 'boring tech revolution'. Instead we got 10 years of NodeJS and React monocultures. We got 'let's build everything with Javascript' as the replacement for polygot microservices. We got 'everything must scale horizontally' despite computer hardware improving linearly. The fact is that people are tired of meme driven architecture. I don't care that conferences and blogs gave you this great architecture idea. I've tried it before and it sucked. Most of my career has been spent arguing against people trying to expand the amount of work we need to do to accomplish business goals. I know it's fun to try new languages and design concepts. I did it at the beginning of my career. Everyone should do it. But being a senior engineer is not your chance to try out your pet ideas. It's time to build things efficiently and economically.