[ehnto]

I don't think new languages and tools are necessary in all circumstances, I imagine part of the process of rebuilding every 20 years is to not forget how to build in the first place.

Being around for the frontend engineering revolution taught me what it means for an industry to forget how to build, and have to re-learn many already hard learned lessons.

But maybe I'm looking at it wrong, and it was that re-learning process that was the re-building after all? I don't know. All I do know is that you rarely get enough time in software to master your tools before everything changes, and you have to build the same old software requirements in brand new ways.