> Did people force React? Cloud infrastructure? Microservices? You get it. Actually, yes; People forced React (instead of homegrown or different options) becau

> Did people force React? Cloud infrastructure? Microservices? You get it. Actually, yes; People forced React (instead of homegrown or different options) because its easier to hire to, than finding js/typescript gurus to build your own stuff. People forced cloud infrastructure; even today, if your 10-customer startup isn't using cloud at some capacity and/or kubernetes, investors will frown on you; devops will look at you weird (what? Needing to understand inner workings of software products to properly configure them?) Microservices? Check. 5 years ago, you wouldn't even be hired if you skipped microservices; everyone thinks they're gooogle, and many startups need to burn those aws credits; thats how you get a dozen-machine cluster to run a solution a proper dev would code in a week and could run on a laptop.