Catching to Coercion
Catching
What useful technologies have failed to catch on? For example, I used to have a car with defrosting wires built into the windshield under the wipers. (Not strictly “lost” but I can’t fathom why it’s not standard in every place with a winter.) Here’s a superior toaster not made anymore, and a microwave
Contradiction
Isn’t it contradictory that job posting say things like, “At least ten years experience in Modern Technologies X, Y and Z,” while programmers think that age three is ancient?
Coercion
Do you routinely use == instead of === in JavaScript? If so, have you ever found double-equal to cause bugs?