> I like to think that programmers get paid the big bucks to actually think, not just do what a blog post tells us to do I feel this is a very cynical take on

> I like to think that programmers get paid the big bucks to actually think, not just do what a blog post tells us to do I feel this is a very cynical take on the reality of the software development world. How much "thinking" anyone does or can do is completely irrelevant if they have no info to start with. "Thinking" only works if either a developer is omniscient, or managed to gather enough reliable info to be able to make decent decisions. As omniscience is not a thing, the next best thing is to gather reliable info from reputable sources. Now, pray tell, who is expected to have more insight onto how to use Redis the right way than the Redis guys? I understand that there is a tendency for software developers to think everyone else is an idiot and they are the only ones whose own decisions are good and well justified, but that's just your narcisism getting the best if you. Everyone is operating on a time budget to onboard onto things and deliver results, and if you don't have the benefit of being omniscient or drawing from the prior experience of someone who happened to do things in an acceptable manner then the best thing you can do is read "blog posts" from the project showcasing best practices, isn't it?