ROS Is Repeating LangChain's Failed Hype Cycle, argues Alsop
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-11-05
Stewart Alsop III draws a parallel between robotics' current enthusiasm for ROS and the earlier "everyone use LangChain" hype that he says failed miserably — a contrarian take on middleware hype cycles in AI and robotics.
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