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Yeah, I favor a slightly different rule. Choose a conservative technology in places which are not a core competency of your new product. Building a new product
by js8 3y ago
Yeah, I favor a slightly different rule. Choose a conservative technology in places which are not a core competency of your new product. Building a new product is risky, and you should minimize the additional risk coming from a technology choice, except the parts where you're actually trying to beat the competition. That should be the focal point of innovation.
- bdcravens 3y agoAs most companies aren't pure tech, usually the core competency isn't the software itself. Sometimes when it is, it's hidden away (for instance, background processing of data) and the best thing you can do is keep as easy to reason about as possible.
- ngrilly 3y agoTotally agree. That's why I like the notion of "innovation tokens", also mentioned in the seminal post "Choose Boring Technologies" [1]. You choose boring technologies for everything, except for a few topics that will differentiate your solution, where you get to spend your "innovation tokens". [1] https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology