alt Hacker NewsI don't see at all that this is stifling love of tech. Sure if you liked to engage in language wars or vim vs emacs or tabs vs spaces then yes that's over. But tech as we know it is currently exploding, a ton of stuff that simply was not practically possible before is now possible.
Give us some examples of things that were not practically possible. Things are practically possible if the time or money is wisely spent, even if it takes a human a bit longer.