The web goes slow
Nobody would be excited to have a resume that shows they were an expert at each of at Java Applets, Macromedia/Adobe Flash/Flex, Microsoft ActiveX/Silverlight, Google Angular, and Facebook React.1 The innovation is fascinating, but the churn is debilitating. The shiny new thing can be fun, but that’s the problem with shiny new things. There’s always another one. Through it all, HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript have been constant. The ease with which any human on the planet can reliably access and read a web document from thirty years ago on any device with a browser today is beyond beautiful.
