Was it really better before, or why us old geeks think so
Those of us who have been in IT for a while often say it was better before. Not because we miss floppy disks or Windows 3.1, but because we see a fundamental difference in how knowledge was built and used. We had to learn the basics in a way that created deep understanding. That kind of understanding risks being lost in a time when AI, automation, and abstraction allow people to jump straight to the result.