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edit: Apparently "choose boring technology" is just clickbait, and in fact the guy advocates for all the nuanced technology selection advocated here.... so errr
by andrewstuart 3y ago
edit: Apparently "choose boring technology" is just clickbait, and in fact the guy advocates for all the nuanced technology selection advocated here.... so errr, apparently he in fact is saying "don't chose boring technology" or something, whatever.
I completely disagree with almost any blanket philosophy on technology.
Don't choose boring technology.
Choose technology that suits the context:
* choose what you like for personal projects
* choose tech your team has the skills with
* choose tech that won't be a problem to recruit people for (I'm looking at you, Ruby On Rails)
* choose tech that gets the job done
* choose tech that the industry is moving towards
* choose tech that levels up your team's skills and makes them feel excited that they are learning and advancing
* choose tech that allows you to meet the priorities of the project (your project does, define priorities, right. right?) security/availability/maintainability/performance/compatibility/whatever
* choose tech that ensures your team and company won't be left behind when market skills move on
* choose the cutting edge if you think that's the right choice for some reason
It seems pointless to me to say "choose boring technology".
- gfodor 3y agoIt turns out that it’s impossible to reasonably title any talk or article without it being considered a blanket statement. This is why you attach the talk or article to the hyperlink so people can continue understanding more of what you are saying.
- avindroth 3y agoWell, this is just clickbait. Choose boring technology means sth pretty concrete for someone without context. It’s not that you can’t reasonably title it. It’s that you can’t reasonably title it to generate views. I understand the sentiment, but then one should expect criticism of the schism between title and content.
- gfodor 3y ago"Clickbait" has been apparently watered down to the point of meaninglessness then. You title things to get people to want to read them if you're sharing information you think is important. The term "clickbait" is typically used to refer to false and misleading titles to generate ad revenue for garbage content.
- klabb3 3y agoIt should probably be “Default to boring tech”
- tedunangst 3y agoOpen the link again and scroll down.
- Affric 3y ago> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- kyawzazaw 3y agoi gotta ask if you read the whole site
- simonw 3y agoYou genuinely just agreed with the majority of the points made in this essay.
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