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Why can't the "back end community" agree on a single server side language and database and compiler? Gee so much churn!

We both know those aren't even close to the same thing.

All this grunt->gulp->webpack->vite->'the inevitable replacement for vite' are really achieving is finding slightly different ways of doing the same thing.

"all this monoliths->microservices are really achieving is finding slightly different ways of doing the same thing"

"all this python->go are really achieving is finding slightly different ways of doing the same thing"

"all this relational db->document stores are really achieving is finding slightly different ways of doing the same thing"

Once again, we both know those aren't even close to being the same. Your attempts at snidey mimicry just expose the poverty of the point you think you're making.

Awwww but you're so close to getting the point. Hopefully one day.

As a backend developer, I’d say that it is a very apt comparison to your point. The backend and infrastructure space also has a lot of new projects solving old problems being released.

All this make->ant->maven->gradle->'the inevitable replacement for gradle' are really achieving is finding slightly different ways of doing the same thing.

I'm glad you agree with me.

As another commenter pointed out [1], backend "reinventions" don't seem to receive the same criticisms, so in general there really does seem to be a double standard

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31970112

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