I'm not sure most devs are deving right now (talking about some well known Core devs who everyone seem to hold to a higher standard), only reading proposals and talking about how every proposal is bad because it was not their idea.

pakovm

bitcoin

High fees: Be careful what you wish for

Pressure makes diamonds. There was already several projects emerging that aim to scale the network and potential use cases. 

Devs will continue to dev and the market will find solutions (albeit tradeoffs) that can optimize for different use cases. 