Why bother reading the article

This is like the conservative mantra “… now that it’s affecting me personally.”

Funny enough I work in the opposite end of the spectrum with embedded firmware. But even I can see the value of webdev.

Web dev solves a simple UI pattern kinda elegantly for rapid development. I don’t disagree with where you’re coming from but I think your last take away is a mischaracterization of why it’s used.

Turtles don’t wear shells. They are their shells.