Web Development Is Getting Too Complex, and It May Be Our Fault

As someone who built various websites from 2007 through around 2015, with only one really going anywhere, I have to admit it's been very, VERY daunting to get back into it. I mainly used HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the front-end and PHP for the back-end with Apache as my web server, and now everywhere I look I see posts and videos suggesting Go to serve the pages and then all the stacks and frameworks of today. It's very easy to get lost in the shiny and never actually get a working product out, especially if you're used to the days of old.

With that said: yes, it's getting complex compared to how things used to be, but it all depends on what you're wanting to do. You can still approach web development the same way, but a lot of things have gotten "easier" once you learn them if you don't want the headache of compatibility and everything. You either adapt and grow or stay put and fall behind, which isn't always a bad thing depending on what you're wanting from web dev. Just my two cents.