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Technology pendulum observation

There’s a pendulum I’ve observed in the world of technology. It may be a law that extends beyond software developers, but it’s evident from individual technologies in software development. I suspect it’s a broad business principal that is more easily observed in technology because of the rapid pace of innovation. The general shape of the pendulum is this. First, a pressing need forces software developers to implement a non-standard fix. The fix becomes so ubiquitous that soon there are libraries, sometimes even frameworks, devoted to solving that need for a mass audience.…