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Yeah, good point--when I said new wasn't always better, I was just talking about the case where the new tech solves a problem, but it's not the one you have.

Like choosing GraphQL just because it's new, even if your data doesn't have the structure for it.

Will have to disagree with you on Scala for several reasons I won't go into here--but the point was just that, in order to make these arguments in the first place, you need to do your research. Seems commonsense, but surprisingly many people don't do it (including younger me).