[onion2k]

What's wrong with fad and hype driven development?

Ostensibly nothing, so long as you can tell when things are better. If you're trying new things and taking on new, better ideas quickly then you'll improve rapidly. If you're also "failing fast" and throwing out new things when they don't work then you'll improve even more rapidly.

If you're abandoning good tech simply because it's old, and not fully understanding the drawbacks of the new things you're switching too, then you're building an empire of tech debt that all your good team members will eventually get sick of fire fighting and they'll leave.

Novelty doesn't make people loyal. Working on strong tech that people are proud of does. Sometimes that requires a deep dive into some tech over a number of years.