Everything follows a cycle. Client/server, flat/skeuomorphic, compiled/interpreted, cloud/colo, colorful/minimalist, microservices/monolithic, standards-driven/vendor-driven, open/proprietary, CPU/xPU. There is a natural tension in the technical universe that pushes progress in one direction that loads the spring in the other direction. Over time you'll see the cycles rhyme.
"The existing code base makes certain assumptions -- specifically, it assumes that there is automatic garbage collection -- and that pretty much limited our choices."
