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27 and I feel the same way, in that I don't feel much excitement around technology for technology's sake anymore. The latest version of macOS? Neat, but unlikel
by clentaminator 10y ago
27 and I feel the same way, in that I don't feel much excitement around technology for technology's sake anymore. The latest version of macOS? Neat, but unlikely to be as "game changing" as Apple might have you believe.
The rate of change in some areas of technology can make you think that you're missing out on some kind of important development, however if things are changing that fast then perhaps nothing is really changing at all.
Mostly it's important that in whatever you're working on you're applying technology to a problem or area that you find interest in, otherwise the only "fun" can be found in the tech stack, which is not (in my not-too-humble opinion) a good place to find enjoyment. You can enjoy your tools, sure, but it shouldn't be the case that "We're using X, Y and Z" is more important than "to make Foo".
- TeMPOraL 10y agoOne thing I discovered some time ago is that the industry is basically running in circles. There isn't much new being really created; people keep reinventing the same solutions that have been made in the 70-s, only worse, and they still miss some. I think it's better to slow down a bit, brush up on some history, and then build stuff you want to build without worrying you're missing something important.
- clentaminator 10y agoDo you think the adage "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it" holds true in the technology industry? I could cherry pick some examples just to start a flame war, for examples Node's "invention" of single-threaded event-based concurrency, but that feels a bit unfair ;)
- TeMPOraL 10y agoDefinitely. Think of every project that ends up having to encode a Turing-complete language inXML, essentially rediscovering Lisp...