There is a nice saying in german: "In former times everything was better, even the future!"

I think software development and UX have improved a lot in the last decades. Build tools are sometimes really annoying, but does anyone remember how life was without them? Does anyone want to pull a GB of libs from the web by hand? (Obviously nobody would do that and prefer to reinvent the wheel with help of the "XY Cookbook"). The author also criticises "flat UI", but does anyone remember the ugliness of UI's in the nineties with all their borders and pseudo shadows?

http://83.133.184.251/winworldpc.com/res/img/screenshots/30-...

Or think about IDE's! Does anyone want to change IntelliJ for JBuilder?

I think, what the author really means is the move from solo inventors and hackers to a complex and more or less mature industry. Not everything is fun in this industry, but it also not as bad as one could think after reading this article.