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Why politics and not practicality? Taking a ton of time and resources (and potentially risking attrition) to migrate a thing that works to a thing that _hopeful
by jensensbutton 5y ago
Why politics and not practicality? Taking a ton of time and resources (and potentially risking attrition) to migrate a thing that works to a thing that _hopefully_ works often simply doesn't make business sense. It's not a political decision (in the common usage of the word).
- frenchy 5y agoPracticality is a big part of the politics, but there's real politics at play as well. Different developers will have different levels of comfort with different tool chains, and different capacities to work outside their comfort zone. This is overly reductive, but here's an example: if you have 3 developers, and 1 will be twice as productive in F# and the others will be 10% less productive, it's probably practical sense to switch, but the 2 developers will resist it, and it may fail for political reasons.