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>How "fringe" can I be. How niche of technologies can I use. How deep down a rabbit hole can I go avoiding mainstream "technologies". As a Nix user, I'd say th

>How "fringe" can I be. How niche of technologies can I use. How deep down a rabbit hole can I go avoiding mainstream "technologies". As a Nix user, I'd say this is the wrong characterization. It's not about being niche, bikeshedding, or yak shaving. It's just about getting as close as possible to perfection.

Joker_vD 3y ago
> It's not about being niche, bikeshedding, or yak shaving. It's just about getting as close as possible to perfection. Did you mean to write "getting as close as reasonably possible to perfection"? Because getting as close as possible to perfection absolutely does involve bikeshedding and yak-shaving; that's why the saying "perfect is the enemy of good" exists and why people are generally advised to avoid gold-plating.