What's changed since 2006? At least from my knowledge: the rise of Rails and ActiveRecord a multitude of back end JavaScript technologies (node, et.al) NoSQ

What's changed since 2006? At least from my knowledge: the rise of Rails and ActiveRecord a multitude of back end JavaScript technologies (node, et.al) NoSQL databases have become more prominent and widely accessible. How has the Author's opinion changed? I could submit a link-baity article from the 90's decrying object oriented programming as a pointless dead end in computer science, but I doubt the original author would hold the same opinions