As developers it is easy to get trapped in our comfort bubbles and assume that our 'knowledge' is informed. After all, many of us have spent years around or adjacent to programming technologies, and if we can't formulate educated opinions of those technologies... who can?

The problem is that at least *some* of your opinions are likely based on outdated information, personal experiences that don't reflect the whole, or learned bias.

Why should you care? Because you might be avoiding technologies (or sticking with others) because of those biases, even when they aren't the best fit for you, your employer, or your clients.

Together, let's dive into some of the most popular fallacies about web programming languages and approach them with fresh eyes - most importantly, acknowledging that our biases do exist, and that it is healthy to challenge them (even if we don't act on them).