The people who are busy productively shipping products are not the ones who spend the most time and attention on these online debates, so it's easy to form a biased impression.
It's the developer version of the 24 hour news cycle. The many companies who are steadily and happily shipping valuable products on one stack aren't the ones that generate drama and pageviews.
Taking just one of your examples: the Ember ecosystem is large and growing, with many billion dollar businesses standardizing their apps on Ember. But that is too boring compared to "why we switched" posts.
"Everyone" turns out to be way bigger than "people you are likely to hear from on HN".
It's the developer version of the 24 hour news cycle. The many companies who are steadily and happily shipping valuable products on one stack aren't the ones that generate drama and pageviews.
Taking just one of your examples: the Ember ecosystem is large and growing, with many billion dollar businesses standardizing their apps on Ember. But that is too boring compared to "why we switched" posts.
"Everyone" turns out to be way bigger than "people you are likely to hear from on HN".