> Web development seems to be even worse than neuroscience in this regard. I feel like I have to perpetually study to be abreast of best practices.

The worst part is web development is a completely arbitrary made-up system without any abstractions you can learn and use in a different field of work. It does not even transfer to something as closely related as desktop/mobile GUI toolkits. I view "knowledge" like that as a waste of time and avoid it whenever possible. I wish there was a word for it, something to imply "garbage knowledge."