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That will make for some pretty salient readings, thanks for the links. There are obviously cases of failure. I don't know the stats. I'm speaking mostly of sma
by stoicShell 7y ago
That will make for some pretty salient readings, thanks for the links.
There are obviously cases of failure. I don't know the stats. I'm speaking mostly of small/medium businesses, where size and complexity are different.
- guitarbill 7y agothat's fair, most of those are "you get what you pay for" and hardly the fault of a competent, well-meaning, but naive dev team. problem is it's much harder to get data on small businesses. i think one thing we can agree on is that the only thing users hate more than change is breakage. rewrites are a valid tool in a long-term strategy, just as debt is for finance. but for most people, incremental change has a bigger, smoother RoI. it sounds like this is kind of what KA is doing. although the timeline seems aggressive and the whole thing absolutist, being stuck on Python 2 is a risk now, too.
- stoicShell 7y agoI think we agree on the general perspective, yes — we'd probably agree as a team with known (ad hoc) conditions and goals. Data on small businesses is hard indeed. I'm only speaking anecdotally from the MSP / software shops perspective, the "tech guys" of most businesses who don't in-house IT. Also from a European perspective, so that might make a big difference — we're, ahem, let's say not as involved, interested, or capable in all things "technology" as a general population (I didn't say luddites but that's how it feels sometimes, compared to the vibe I get in NYC or rich Asian cities).