Is AI Causing a Repeat of Frontend's Lost Decade? — 122 Points and 123 Comments on HN

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Blog post argues AI coding tools are creating conditions similar to frontend development's 'lost decade' of framework churn — rapid iteration without consolidation, knowledge becoming obsolete faster than it can be absorbed, and juniors unable to build foundational skills when AI handles the boilerplate. The author draws parallels between jQuery-to-React churn and today's AI-tool dependency. 122 points and 123 comments signal resonance with developers experiencing tool fatigue.