If "what do you mean you aren't using $TODAYS_HOT_JS_FRAMEWORK" is the first question they ask, then you can end their employment right then and there. Hire people whose "wtf" you take seriously.
Both parties would feel like they're dodging a bullet.
People still griping about $TODAYS_HOT_JS_FRAMEWORK are clearly out of touch in 2023. It was funny commentary in 2013. It still rang a little true until around 2016. Now it's just an indicator you are the one not to be taken seriously.
It's React, Vue, or Angular and it's been that way for many years now.
React underlies a lot of the “new hotness” like Next.js and Remix.run (I’m not sure if Vue, Angular, or Svelte have equivalents but I wouldn’t be surprised).
I still take those newer frameworks with a big grain of salt, but tbh, that's because of ignorance on the one hand, and fear of sunk cost on the other (e.g. spending time to invest in acquiring knowledge only for it to go obsolete).
Angular is still used in a surprising number of large companies my employer works for, so that, and React, and Vue are all solid investments IMO.
The other ones I think will only be used if one developer dares to take and sell the risk.
