The point I’m making is that we should choose tech that is relevant to the job in hand, not just because it’s the latest cool thing.
When I first started doing web stuff, ColdFusion, Perl, Flash and WAP were The Big Things at the time.
Not so much now.
It may seem like no-one can build anything on the web without having js through and through the stack - but actually you can, and sometimes you should. Even JavaScript will probably one day be relegated to the dustbin of a good idea we all once had…
Btw - this might be the wrong forum to diss RSS ;-)