That's the point. There is no explanation, other than the same reason that bellbottoms are in again this year. Or out, I don't actually know.
We pretend like we're "engineers" or "scientists" but there's nothing objective about what we do...
You mean you can't come up with one. Because for me, which followed the scene for 20+ years, there is a perfect explanation.
I had a homepage in 1994. I've seen them all come and go. This one's no different.
It’s as relevant as saying we don’t write apps in COBOL or Modula2 anymore.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15090542
That's the point. There is no explanation, other than the same reason that bellbottoms are in again this year. Or out, I don't actually know.
We pretend like we're "engineers" or "scientists" but there's nothing objective about what we do...