Comment by mexicocitinluez

> Now try this experiment with the JavaScript ecosystem. Take a React component from 2015. React.createClass, mixins, componentWillMount. It doesn't just look old, it throws TypeError: React.createClass is not a function the moment it loads. You rewrite it from scratch to ship it today. Ten years passed, and the framework cycled through three different mental models in that time.

Pretty absurd comparison. SQL is a language, React is not. SQL has been around for over 30 years, React has not.

This is what I refer to as React Derangement Syndrome.

> JavaScript is an imperative language that browser wars, framework trends, and open-source maintainer preferences reshaped every few years. It rewards you for keeping up.

> SQL rewards you for sitting still.

Again, this is apples and oranges. These technologies are in far different places in their history. JavaScript that worked 20 years ago still works today.

You can write an article about how great SQL is without having to bring React up. I promise it's possible.