I think a current bridge slowly being crossed is a move away from OO programming (along with GoF design patterns) towards functional languages. GoF patterns pr

I think a current bridge slowly being crossed is a move away from OO programming (along with GoF design patterns) towards functional languages. GoF patterns provide structure (at the cost of complexity). FP patterns are simpler and succinct but aren't quite as cookie cutter and thus are less structured. Probably the tick-tock of the pendulum swinging. As software became too unique to maintain, standard patterns were implemented. As standard patterns became overly complex, we swing back to more expressive constructs.