Great points in the article. I agree 100%. I have long thought we were treading water.

I agree with making progress, but there is just so much NIH syndrome out there when it comes to new languages, development practices, you name it. I honestly miss the older days when I was doing simpler Perl stuff. The expectation was for me to solve a discreet problem, not enable a group of people to ramp up to a billion dollar company in less than a year.

Startups that focus on the money always do worse than those who focus on delivering good software, services, whatever. Solve a problem and the money will come naturally. There is really nothing new under the sun, just different ways to do things. Lately, I just want to solve problems, not come up with "new" things.