[flashgordon]

>> Fun fact; in both these projects the original devs who set it up were no longer involved. Probably spreading their evangalism further elsewhere.

Ah this brings up bitter memories. Team I was managing was roped in to become the first graphql framework (nay platform) the ivory tower (central architecture run by the cto) team was building and trying to shove down the rest of the company. This was during the graphql craze around 5 years ago. The principal engineer leading it was even preemptively promoted to distinguished engineer for future contributions.

Fast-forward 5 years project was disbanded due to massive migration, cost and complexity problems. DE still lauded for experimentation heroism and evangelism. I think he is now pushing the latest flavors of the month to go for the next promo!