An older piece that I loved is Dan's point on just allowing a certain number of technology tokens in any project: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology

An older piece that I loved is Dan's point on just allowing a certain number of technology tokens in any project: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology I think one big part of the mistake is using Hacker News, Reddit, conferences as a sign of what companies are actually using. Instead, I liken it to a bazaar: https://www.nemil.com/on-software-engineering/beware-engineering-media.html https://www.nemil.com/on-software-engineering/beware-enginee... Oh, and remember marketing is not reality, even though marketers try awfully hard: https://www.nemil.com/mongo/3.html https://www.nemil.com/mongo/3.html