> It beats being a Magpie Developer. I have more time time to pet my dog, read a lot of books, make fresh pasta by hand, and circle a more slowly evolving collection of powerful technologies that let’s me get stuff done without spending half my free time chasing shiny new things.

Saying stuff like this is sure to please the hacker-news hipsters. But... is this honestly anyone's experiencing using new web technologies?

I tend to be on the bleeding edge of tech, and I very rarely regret learning a new technology. And I do not feel like I am wasting all of my time flitting from technology to technology.

I just think this is a smarmy attitude disguised as wisdom. People should like what they like. And as someone who has had to climb that hill before: Waiting around not expecting the world to change around you is a losing bet every time.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.