The essay Choose Boring Technology covers some of this ground. From that essay:

"One of the most worthwhile exercises I recommend here is to consider how you would solve your immediate problem without adding anything new. First, posing this question should detect the situation where the “problem” is that someone really wants to use the technology. If that is the case, you should immediately abort."

https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology

Another nice thing about the above essay is that it uses dark text on light background (as opposed to this blog post, which I had to print to PDF in order to read).

I have to say, though, that I really miss the days when I was the excited young programmer dying to use the new language, the new framework, the new paradigm or even just some design pattern. Lots of fun! Luckily, during those years, I was always in a team with a more level-headed and experienced developer who would bring me (and the other team members like me) a little closer to earth. And the level-headed developer was learning from us while he/she was moderating our technical ambitions.