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The problem is every dev thinking that every single project has to be resume buzzword compatible and super complex to hide the complexity they're sure is coming. But these requirements really only occur if you're forced into them by working on something in order to make money. The web is more than just the commercial web.


I'm using far more ridiculous, buzzwordy and complex tools in my non-commercial projects though. (In fact, that's usually the point of those projects.)


>In fact, that's usually the point of those projects.

And are you doing it because you truly enjoy the needless complexity or because the buzzwords would look good on your resume? If the later, again, that's profit motive and commercial web. Like how the only point of using kubernetes for personal stuff is to learn kubernetes for non-personal stuff.


The former :)




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