But it is often churn for churn's sake. I believe that as the field matures we won't have such radical changes all the time, because abandoning so many platforms and frameworks and technologies only raises the cost over time and with very little benefit.
Unfortunately often the software industry seems to be more similar to the fashion industry than an engineering discipline. We don't technically need a new fad every couple of years. We only fall prey to large company interests when we do so.
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But it is often churn for churn's sake. I believe that as the field matures we won't have such radical changes all the time, because abandoning so many platforms and frameworks and technologies only raises the cost over time and with very little benefit.
Unfortunately often the software industry seems to be more similar to the fashion industry than an engineering discipline. We don't technically need a new fad every couple of years. We only fall prey to large company interests when we do so.