[taneq]

Sooner or later you see the next wave and think "that doesn't seem worth the investment." And you skip that wave and the world doesn't end, and chances are the fad falls into irrelevance like 90% of other fads. And gets replaced by another fad which is basically the same with a bit of window dressing, and you realise the good concepts will stick around and the rest wasn't worth wasting your time on.

So you pick tools that work for you and are appropriate for the task at hand, and you get the job done, and you leave the fad chasing to the kids, because you've got better things to do.