--- title: Lack of Use Cases: a Lesson about Handling Hype «... description: A brief commentary pointing to Gerben Wierda's article on how overhyped technologies fail due to lack of realistic use cases. Using blockchain as the primary... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lack-of-use-cases-a-lesson-about-handling-hype-ipspace-net-blog-hujrahfdh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Lack of Use Cases: a Lesson about Handling Hype « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A brief commentary pointing to Gerben Wierda's article on how overhyped technologies fail due to lack of realistic use cases. Using blockchain as the primary... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lack-of-use-cases-a-lesson-about-handling-hype-ipspace-net-blog-hujrahfdh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/huJRAhFdh.png og:image:alt: Lack of Use Cases: a Lesson about Handling Hype « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Lack of Use Cases: a Lesson about Handling Hype « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief commentary pointing to Gerben Wierda's article on how overhyped technologies fail due to lack of realistic use cases. Using blockchain as the primary example, the author draws a parallel to OpenFlow in networking — arguing that both suffered from hype without compelling real-world applications that couldn't be solved more easily with traditional tools. The core lesson: always ask why a new technology is better than existing alternatives before adopting it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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