I feel the title is missing, “and use it in the way it was designed.” Choosing boring technology isn’t enough, one must use said technology in mostly boring w

I feel the title is missing, “and use it in the way it was designed.” Choosing boring technology isn’t enough, one must use said technology in mostly boring ways to achieve the desired results. One hacker in our organisation (employed as engineer) used Ansible and built the most abhorrent, complicated twisted and broken Rube Goldberg machine I’ve ever seen, it’s cost us about two weeks to get it just semi-reliable. I’ve found most of the useful solutions and best products sit on the fringes and have boring foundations.