Nine unlikely trends reshaping software development, per InfoWorld
rseroter · x · 2026-09-29
An InfoWorld piece maps nine trends undermining consensus about the 'modern stack,' and commentator rseroter calls the title surprisingly fair, noting some unexpected industry movement.
The opening example: TypeScript seemed destined to absorb the entire codebase, but plain JavaScript now appears to be fighting back — old ideas returning to overtake newer ones. The remaining trends trace how assumptions around JavaScript, SQL, microservices, cloud, Docker, Java and more are being contradicted by facts on the ground.
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