[azanar]

I really hope people do not misunderstand this article.

Until I reminded myself to assume good faith about the author (which is usually worth it with this author), I felt myself assuming he was disparaging all things new as being shiny and therefore unprofessional.

I don't believe that is the point of this article, and I worry the caricature is a little so over the top that people will interpret it as such a little too easily.

I think the point is this: don't confuse movement with progress. New is not necessarily better. The world of software tools is like any other marketplace of ideas: you will have a curve of early adopters onto the stragglers. It is not worth assuming that a tool is worth upending the world over just because the early adopters are jumping up and down about how it will. Most things won't. But some things will.

The point isn't novelty. It is value. Novelty has value, particularly social and sentimental value, but often it is fleeting. Other forms of value aren't. It is worth considering the new thing in all perspectives of value.

[mshenfield]

Appreciate you framing it in a thoughtful light.