Because of all the JavaScript everywhere? If that's what you mean, I feel you, though I wasn't born yet in those pre web times
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In my early days, it was called PowerScript, built on top of Windows. Easy to code, easy to break.
Let's get rid of it
That’s why I am reading Hypermedia Systems. The core innovation has been stagnant for the better part of 30 years while everyone ran alongside the protocol to create client-server programs again.