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		vturner on March 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Miss Rails The trouble is "we," the developers aren't the tech industry making the decisions. The managers, who once were full time developers, are making the decisions. I can say hey let's use this stable, mature tool, but which catches enthusiasm more? That or the guy drooling over React and all the complex mystery JS libs saying it's the best thing ever?

nikanj on March 29, 2019 [–]

And/or the poor PHB falls prey to the sales pitch of "if you rewrite it in fad.js, you'll save tons of money".

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