I'm I becoming a dinosaur?
Yes, but so is everyone else.
I used to get excited about new libraries
And then you discovered how disappointing everything is. Every "new" idea came from another system that unwittingly stole it from Xerox PARC. Given a modicum of sense, you converged on the best ideas, and then there was no more novelty; just a sea of naive children whose "inventions" no longer increase your power, nor inform your understanding.