I don't believe it ever really happened like that. Yes, javascript gained in popularity but that's because you have to use it for the browser and the browser was and is a compelling platform. Google maps didn't run on javascript because it offered a "freedom and the ability" to create maps that other languages did not. In fact, recall Google created GWT over a decade ago. Companies have been struggling against the maintainability issues in JS and other languages the whole while.

C# and Java never went anywhere. Types never went anywhere; phpdoc, jsdoc, etc. Ruby best practices are becoming more "enterprise"; dynamic language abuses are being frowned on as communities have matured and projects have grown larger.

I'm sorry, but to me your interpretation seems overly romanticised; presenting some eternal struggle between two just-as-valid points of view. I just don't see it that way.