I often see technologies adopted simply because they are the “latest and greatest” and “I want to stay relevant for my next job interview,” rather than sound te

I often see technologies adopted simply because they are the “latest and greatest” and “I want to stay relevant for my next job interview,” rather than sound technical reasoning. Unfortunately, these decisions are made by humans and those humans have lots of cross-cutting decision criteria. It’s a rare and highly mature engineer who can look at a problem and say “This old technology is a perfect fit.”