A great many of our problems in tech are the result of "...we follow the lead of large tech companies...but unfortunately they have very different problems than

A great many of our problems in tech are the result of "...we follow the lead of large tech companies...but unfortunately they have very different problems than we do." Imagine if we built single-family houses based on what made sense for skyscrapers. Or if we built subcompact cars based on a shrunk-down version of semi-tractor trailers. They would not be efficient, or even effective. But, if your aspiration is to get a job at a skyscraper-builder, then it MIGHT be what makes sense to do. "Have you used appropriate-only-for-largest-websites technology X?" "Why yes I have." The same incentives probably apply to the tech management, btw. We have an incentives problem.