Do you have any source for your claim that there is an oversupply of creativity? My gut feeling is that not all creativity is created equal, and there is a small amount of truly impressive creative works that are not simply retreads of existing ideas.
I have yet to find an alternative to the GraphQL protocol that has the following requirements:
- Good support for HTTP 1.1
- Provides typesafe contracts for queries and mutations
- Strong support for most common UI clients (JS/React Native/SwiftUI)
- Backend can be written in a language that isn't JavaScript/TypeScript
- Large developer community
Closest thing I've found is defining your schema using OpenAPI spec, and using tools to generate code from that source for the client and server, but this is a much worse DX than the process of defining GraphQL schemas.
My solution has been to use it as a second monitor, run it at native resolution, and only use it for apps where I can reliablably increase the font size (terminals, web apps/pages with good zoom support). I keep VSCode on my high DPI main monitor.