If you had to restart your dev journey today, would you choose the same stack?

It's one of those questions that sounds simple but hits different the longer you've been coding. When most of us started, we didn't really choose a stack. We fell into one. Maybe it was the tutorial you stumbled across. Maybe it was what your bootcamp taught. Maybe it was just whatever was hiring the most in your city at the time. But this can be the question: If you wiped the slate clean today with everything you know now, would you make the same call? A few things worth thinking about: The AI/ML wave has made Python feel almost unavoidable Rust keeps showing up in conversations it didn't used to JavaScript is still everywhere, but the fatigue is real Some devs are quietly moving toward simplicity over hype The stack you start with shapes more than just your syntax. It shapes your thinking, your community, and the kind of problems you get excited about. There's no wrong answer here. Some would double down. Some would completely pivot. Both are valid. So, same stack or a fresh start? D