This field doesn’t do well on long-term thinking. Even if all this turns out to be a net loss, it will be reinterpreted as a win and just an opportunity for even more of the same solution. There are numerous examples of this, e.g. the OOP craze. Tech is a stock market of ideas and HN is a trading floor. The “line goes up” logic applies - not merit.

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pjc50 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Describing OOP as a "craze" is incredibly out of touch. It's been a thing for, what, three decades?

	▲	elktown 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm sure I'm not the first person you've seen hinting at OOP (and all that came with it) having been hyped up beyond its merits.
	▲	the-smug-one 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There certainly was an OOP craze, that's not out of touch to talk about.