I get it. I agree with most of this article. But also like, nothing went away.

If you pine for the days of Java and Maven, you can still do that. It’s all still there (Eclipse and NetBeans, too!)

If you don’t like using Node and NPM, that’s totally valid, don’t use them. You can spin up a new mobile app, desktop app, and even a SaaS-style web app without touching NPM. (Even on fancy modern latest-version web frameworks like Hanami or Phoenix)

If you don’t want everyone to use JS and NPM and React without thinking, be the pushback on a project at work, to not start there.