This isn&#x27;t a very controversial opinion on HN. It&#x27;s the standard &quot;js developers are just crazy ADHD kids and all they do is chase the latest shiny framework every week&quot;. It gets featured prominently in every thread that mentions webdev.<p>It&#x27;s also wrong. There is a spectrum from early adopter to head-buried-in-the-sand cobol developer, and most people would agree there are trade-offs to being on either end.<p>Suggesting to someone who has been out of the game for 15 years that basically nothing has changed is doing him a disservice and not answering the question. He&#x27;s asking about what he&#x27;s missing, it&#x27;s better to let him in on it and let him decide for himself if it&#x27;s really just the same old shit repackaged.