> Skepticism towards new ideas and a stubbornness to resist change are very important attributes for any community. It ensures that when a change does happen it passes through a very strict filter ensuring only the best of ideas get through
The problem is, how do you ensure that a "very strict filter" is also a good filter? The best stuff gets caught up in those filters, because the best stuff looks like nothing the filter has seen before. Or it might indeed look too much like something the filter has seen plenty of times before and (rightfully) dismissed as unimportant. And in the end it is not so much a community embracing the best idea, but the best idea taking a sledge hammer to the community.
I like React, and I think it is improving quite nicely. But Svelte seems also an interesting thing to try out.
The problem is, how do you ensure that a "very strict filter" is also a good filter? The best stuff gets caught up in those filters, because the best stuff looks like nothing the filter has seen before. Or it might indeed look too much like something the filter has seen plenty of times before and (rightfully) dismissed as unimportant. And in the end it is not so much a community embracing the best idea, but the best idea taking a sledge hammer to the community.
I like React, and I think it is improving quite nicely. But Svelte seems also an interesting thing to try out.