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What counts as a trendy technology? I’m sure tcp/ip was once trendy, as was HTML, RDBMS, etc.

Guest42 5y ago
Those other examples fall under the intersection of trendy, useful across a spectrum of scenarios, widely adopted, and in hindsight changed the face of technology itself. The comparison is apples to oranges....or a handful of peanut shells to the total population of orange trees to be more accurate.
chitowneats 5y ago
These are the exceptions that prove the rule.
- thfuran 5y ago
  That's not how exceptions or rules work.
  - chitowneats 5y ago
    I was being cute with a turn of phrase. A large majority of trendy new technologies in the software industry are driven by ephemeral industry buzz. It takes time for us to collectively separate the wheat from the chaff. In the meantime it's generally wise to stick with what has worked in the past.
  - actually_a_dog 5y ago
    You're misunderstanding how the word "prove" works. In this expression, it's being used in an archaic sense meaning "to test."
this_user 5y ago
I don't think these technologies ever had entire industries based solely on marketing and Ponzi schemes built around them.
adamcharnock 5y ago
Oh I remember the days when I was steadfastly staying on an IPX network and only temporarily changing over the TCP/IP to play specific games (Quake 1?). I didn't need this new-fangled TCP nonsense. IPX worked just fine on my 10-baseT coax network :-)
- technothrasher 5y ago
  New-fangled??? TCP/IP predates IPX/SPX by about nine years.
kitsunesoba 5y ago
I’m sure everybody has their own definition, but my definition of “not trendy” is some mix of “has been in use long enough that nobody tries to sell it as a cure all wonder technology” and “has only a minimal to moderate presence in the blogosphere”.
mrits 5y ago
rdbms? I'm not ready to jump on that hype train just yet
srveale 5y ago
My friend's boss won't let them use git because he doesn't want to switch to a "trendy" technology. Yes, git is still "trendy" in 2022 according to this person. I had never heard of the vc they currently use but my friend was not too keen on it to say the least. Ironic how sometimes people embedded in tech can be the biggest luddites.

Those other examples fall under the intersection of trendy, useful across a spectrum of scenarios, widely adopted, and in hindsight changed the face of technology itself. The comparison is apples to oranges....or a handful of peanut shells to the total population of orange trees to be more accurate.

chitowneats 5y ago

These are the exceptions that prove the rule.

thfuran 5y ago
That's not how exceptions or rules work.
- chitowneats 5y ago
  I was being cute with a turn of phrase. A large majority of trendy new technologies in the software industry are driven by ephemeral industry buzz. It takes time for us to collectively separate the wheat from the chaff. In the meantime it's generally wise to stick with what has worked in the past.
- actually_a_dog 5y ago
  You're misunderstanding how the word "prove" works. In this expression, it's being used in an archaic sense meaning "to test."

this_user 5y ago

I don't think these technologies ever had entire industries based solely on marketing and Ponzi schemes built around them.

adamcharnock 5y ago

Oh I remember the days when I was steadfastly staying on an IPX network and only temporarily changing over the TCP/IP to play specific games (Quake 1?). I didn't need this new-fangled TCP nonsense. IPX worked just fine on my 10-baseT coax network :-)

technothrasher 5y ago
New-fangled??? TCP/IP predates IPX/SPX by about nine years.

kitsunesoba 5y ago

I’m sure everybody has their own definition, but my definition of “not trendy” is some mix of “has been in use long enough that nobody tries to sell it as a cure all wonder technology” and “has only a minimal to moderate presence in the blogosphere”.

mrits 5y ago

rdbms? I'm not ready to jump on that hype train just yet

srveale 5y ago

My friend's boss won't let them use git because he doesn't want to switch to a "trendy" technology. Yes, git is still "trendy" in 2022 according to this person. I had never heard of the vc they currently use but my friend was not too keen on it to say the least. Ironic how sometimes people embedded in tech can be the biggest luddites.