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Sometimes I can't tell if modern web developers are spoiled, by having CSS Grid and IE being dead. Or if we were spoiled back then, by not having to deal with the complexity of modern frameworks and build processes.

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Probably both, though I think it's probably easier nowadays simply because you don't technically need modern frameworks and build processes, and can create what would previously be complicated sites and apps with ease using modern CSS and JavaScript.

There is something unique in web development connotation to the other fields I've worked in. The industry has made a habit of reinventing the wheel in every more complex ways.

My best guess is that this is a side effect of web being a field that's more often picked by new or less experienced devs.

The web is essentially UI development. And UI frameworks and libraries have always had lots of churn. Even ultra-conservative Java has had AWT, Swing, and a couple varieties of JavaFX. And then a few more developed by other groups like SWT. The expectations of both developers and users increase as computers advance, and older frameworks can't always keep up.

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