Some interesting thoughts on a similar sentiment: http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology Nice takeaway: "The

Some interesting thoughts on a similar sentiment: http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology Nice takeaway: "The nice thing about boringness (so constrained) is that the capabilities of these things are well understood. But more importantly, their failure modes are well understood."