Ask HN: What are the biggest fads in software engineering right now?

6 pointssun12310y ago8 comments

For one, I could think of Big Data/ Hadoop. In the past one year, at least ten "coaching institutes" have sprang up in the area I live (in Bangalore) claiming to teach Hadoop and promising high paying jobs.

I went in there for a "demo session", and they are like "you can learn Hadoop and get a high paying job with absolutely no programming experience".

Anyway, these places always get some kind of gullible people.

I think this is a fad, and it will die down soon. What do you think about this ? Do you think there are any other fads like this ?

8 comments

dpeck10y ago

React is on the way up.

"Big Data" and "Machine Learning" on the way down.

Theres a reasonably sized part of the software industry/ecosystem that likes to be really vocal about 1 thing every 12-18 months.

Nortey10y ago

Nearly every time I log onto HN someones created a new .js project/framework/solution/whatever for something. Its usually a variation of some .js project that already exists.

gesman10y ago

Some who'll launch .js TLD will make a killing on all these suckers :)

halotrope10y ago

Completely subjective opinion from being avid HN user it would be Functional Programming, React Flavours, JS Frameworks with a sprinkle of ML. I have to say however, that apart from the ongoing dilution of the JS ecosystem it would feel like a very good development to leaner, less entangled, data-driven architectures with respect to new mongo-core era.

VOYD10y ago

Everything in the software industry is a "fad". How else can we keep marketers employed? ;)

throwaway141010y ago

Dynamic languages on the backend?

liviu-10y ago

That's been more or less the de facto standard for more than a decade.

throwaway141010y ago

I think Java on the backend is still the de facto standard...

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Ask HN: What are the biggest fads in software engineering right now?

6 pointssun12310y ago8 comments

I went in there for a "demo session", and they are like "you can learn Hadoop and get a high paying job with absolutely no programming experience".

Anyway, these places always get some kind of gullible people.

I think this is a fad, and it will die down soon. What do you think about this ? Do you think there are any other fads like this ?

8 comments

dpeck10y ago

React is on the way up.

"Big Data" and "Machine Learning" on the way down.

Theres a reasonably sized part of the software industry/ecosystem that likes to be really vocal about 1 thing every 12-18 months.

Nortey10y ago

Nearly every time I log onto HN someones created a new .js project/framework/solution/whatever for something. Its usually a variation of some .js project that already exists.

gesman10y ago

Some who'll launch .js TLD will make a killing on all these suckers :)

halotrope10y ago

VOYD10y ago

Everything in the software industry is a "fad". How else can we keep marketers employed? ;)

throwaway141010y ago

Dynamic languages on the backend?

liviu-10y ago

That's been more or less the de facto standard for more than a decade.

throwaway141010y ago

I think Java on the backend is still the de facto standard...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse