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He does have a point that churn/the new hotness is a real issue, and the latest hotness in JS library/framework have a very short shelf-life. On the other hand, projects like Babel or Polymer, that want to be obsolete at some point, but will require minimal re-writing when that happens are excellent and future-proof.

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There is a far less framework churn now than there was 10 years ago. React, Angular, and Vue have all been around for a long time now relative to previous JS frameworks. React makes a lot of changes but they are, on average, improvements. Not all of them are the best decisions and some are temporary band aids to support new features, but the constant iteration in response to changing expectations for web is one of it's strengths IMO.

Angular 1 or 2? Cause the latter seems to be 3 years old. Okay, facile argument, the others are 5-6 years old from a quick search.

> React makes a lot of changes [...] the constant iteration in response to changing expectations for web

maybe it's ironic we're having that discussion on HN, and i'm struggling to remember sites that have gotten better lately, not worse. then again, that's probably because of the bias to remember negative experiences

"The new hotness" is not a problem. It is a problem when developers insist on using "the new hotness" regardless of whether it adds value. There are many thousands of applications using React without hooks that are working just fine and will continue to do so indefinitely.

Definitely not a novel point. Nor particularly accurate anymore as other commentators have pointed out.

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