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Is it a tad odd that this comes from the RoR guys? Ruby + RoR in the mid to late 2000's was _the_ next language/framework. So it's ok for next as long as _you
by pragmatic 16y ago
Is it a tad odd that this comes from the RoR guys? Ruby + RoR in the mid to late 2000's was _the_ next language/framework.
So it's ok for next as long as _you_ benefit, but not if it causes you inconvenience.
- tertius 16y agoUsing the latest tools for the work that you're doing is great if the tools actually make your process better. Adding new features, chasing empty trends that people don't want is quite different.
- true_religion 16y agoYou're accusing them of mercurial morals, but did they ever previously promote the idea that "next" for the sake of "next" was a good thing?
- stop 16y agoDid they ever previously promote the idea that "next" for the sake of "next" was a good thing? No one ever does that.
- true_religion 16y agoHow about "Progressivists"? My terminology may be incorrect here, but they believe that progress will bring a better state even if the long term plans are unknown, and the short term appears to be negative. So long as things keep changing, new and better things will be invented.
- cal5k 16y agoFor us, "what's next" was Pivotal Tracker.