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"Is there some power out there that I don't know about that is forcing devs to use the latest framework?"

Yes, It's called the Internet. People read articles about how X is the best. thing. evar. And this is perpetuated through many blog posts and, well, a lot of developers actually believe it.

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If these JavaScript developers are so gullible to the newest thing it says more about them than the hype cycle.

It's not just that the language sucks in some ways but that the users of it possess so little engineering rigor that they complain about TOO MANY options.

It's no longer "if".

It has becoming a reality slowly...

Let me just put here a notation about the vast majority of JS programmers that are not complaining about all the libraries/options. And there are whiny, bitchy people using other languages, too. It's easy to generalize, so I understand the impulse.

You're right, I am unfairly generalizing. Not everyone thinks this way. But I read more of these articles regarding JS than any other language.

That's a good point, and it certainly lends credibility to your claim. It makes me wonder what causes this. My instinct is that JS attracts more people to it from things like design, where people seem to fawn over (seemingly trivial) things like the meaning of certain kinds of ovals. And so I think it would follow that this kind of mentality bleeds over into some aspects of JavaScript.

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