Hype, Value, and How to Tell The Difference

• New System Crafters video this week!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP8uOU6SSyk

• New Prot video this week:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqtzemHFDU

• Mastering Emacs v29 Update is Out!

  Including a nice mention of Crafted Emacs!

  https://www.masteringemacs.org/r/systemcrafters

• New blog post by glenneth about his journey with Guix: https://glenneth.srht.site/a-journey-through-gnu-guix-from-installation-to-returning-to-arch-linux.html

• Don’t forget EmacsConf 2024 CFP!

  https://emacsconf.org/2024/cfp/

Goal: Understand how to tell the difference between something that is just hype and something that deserves your time and attention?

• What is something that was hyped which didn’t really pan out?
• What is something that was hyped that eventually became standard? (React.js)
• Rust
• NFTs
• Ruby on Rails
• Metaverse
• AI (both present and future)
• Swift
• HTMX
• Gartner hype cycle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle