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It comes from a CTO (me ;-) coach who has seen dozens of startups entangle themselves with systems until they work more on tech than on delivering features - or
by KingOfCoders 4y ago
It comes from a CTO (me ;-) coach who has seen dozens of startups entangle themselves with systems until they work more on tech than on delivering features - or who came to a standstill after VC driven layoffs b/c of complexity of their systems.
"Just use the right tool for the job at hand."
Yes, but I have heard exact that phrase for decades to rationalize tech decisions for tools that weren't needed.
I know you're different, but think of all the people who have the same problems.
If you need complexity b/c you're Netflix or Uber, go ahead. If you're the 95% others who don't need that complexity, then don't do it.
"I can’t help but categorize this post as juvenile at best."
Thanks, I guess this is the nicest thing to say to someone 50+!
- tasuki 4y ago> Thanks, I guess this is the nicest thing to say to someone 50+! Your username is also juvenile, well done you! Fwiw, my experience has also led me to be on the side of "just use Postgres" unless required otherwise. I've seen enough people glue whatever crazy technologies together where a relational database would've been enough.
- KingOfCoders 4y ago"Your username is also juvenile, well done you!" It was Codemonkeyism before (𝅘𝅥𝅮 "Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god d** login page himself") but I thought I had grown to be king of the asylum.