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This article is somewhat of a backlash against the Boring technology idea, and then conflating it with extreme risk aversion, and suppression of languages that

by zdw 3y ago

This article is somewhat of a backlash against the Boring technology idea, and then conflating it with extreme risk aversion, and suppression of languages that aren't on the top 10 of the Stackoverflow popularity chart. I'd argue that Boring doesn't say that - it says be Boring in places that don't matter. If choosing an "interesting" language meets your needs, go for it and get everyone trained up, but maybe try to know the cost/benefit of that choice first.

srpablo 3y ago
Hi! Author here. Maybe it doesn't when applied correctly, but IME whether or not the technologies are a good fit aren't even discussed. At least in technical ("soil") terms; discussion is all about risk aversion in non-technical terms ("atmosphere") without saying that's what's happening. I don't think folks should sweat every technical decision and I think there are many ways to fail with exotic tech (I'd be hard pressed to think of a better choice than Redis or Postgres, for example) but somehow certain technologies seem to be used even though I feel they're terrible in for cases like server programming. Thanks for the read and thoughtful comment!