Love this post. Surprisingly controversial; it hasn't made me very many engineering friends.
Yeah, it's pretty unpopular among people who like to try out new technology on every given project.
I've found it extremely useful over the years, personally.
It's bad for building your resume. Managers and employees are rewarded for popular thing. Popularity is mostly a function of novelty. So the (social and therefore economic) incentive structure is inversely correlated with choosing boring technology.