> How many projects never even got to a viable prototype because devs decided to rewrite everything in flavour-of-the-month every 3 week
this part sounds pretty fanciful, my experience is at the worst six months for new library in your chosen language, and that you can generally talk them out of; 1-2 years rewrite fever in some is almost overwhelming.
on edit: in short I think even the least self-aware dev is not going to do rewrite cool new tech every 3 week, maybe once but not twice. So sounds a bit hyperbolical.
I admit it was an exaggeration for comic relief, but many projects have definitely not gotten to working prototype because devs wanted to use something fancy
this part sounds pretty fanciful, my experience is at the worst six months for new library in your chosen language, and that you can generally talk them out of; 1-2 years rewrite fever in some is almost overwhelming.
on edit: in short I think even the least self-aware dev is not going to do rewrite cool new tech every 3 week, maybe once but not twice. So sounds a bit hyperbolical.