In some ways, the fact that the technology will shift is the problem as model behavior keeps changing. It's rather maddening unstable ground to build on. Really hard to gauge the impact to customer experience from a new model.
I still occasionally see a blip of activity but I can't say it's anything like what we witnessed in the past.
Though I will agree that gen AI trends feel reminiscent of that period of JS dev history.
I settled on what seemed like the most “standard” set of things (marketable skills blabla) and every week I read an article about how that stack is dead, and everybody supposedly uses FancyStack now.
Adding insult to injury, I have relearned the fine art of inline styles. I assume table layouts are next.
To lurch back on topic: I’m doing this for AI-related stuff and yes, the AI pace of change is much worse, but they sure do make a nice feedback loop.