I like to learn new things and solve new problems, but "Don't fix it if it isn't broken" are words to live by. Challenging myself with a new problem is rarely boring.

So many new technologies seem like something new just for the sake of it. By the time they mature into something as practical as 'boring tech' they have many of the same pitfalls if not more.

Perhaps many engineers lack agency in choosing the problems they solve, so they seek to change the tools they use instead?