Yeah it only felt like it wasn’t a big deal because it became a big deal early enough for there to be plans made. And because good people doing hard work to prevent a problem wasn’t newsworthy after the fact.

That's the thing though: It was well-prepared and due to that there was no big issue.

2038 is the same: very well prepared and thus it will not be a big issue.

Of course, if ignored, both would be very problematic, but that's not the point.