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Not interested in hearing people parroting the boring technology mantra over and over. Maybe say something novel for once. Also maybe choose technology based on
by jackblemming 3y ago
Not interested in hearing people parroting the boring technology mantra over and over. Maybe say something novel for once. Also maybe choose technology based on pragmatic metrics, not how old it is. “Choose boring technology” is like MBAs saying “we’re data driven”.
And I guarantee if we look at this persons tech stack it’s probably slathered with a bunch of shiny new AWS crud that’s “web scale”.
- stouset 3y ago> “Choose boring technology” is like MBAs saying “we’re data driven”. This is so true. “Choose boring technology” is also used to post-hoc justify whatever choices you’ve already made. To many, golang is boring and Rust is unproven. To others, both are unproven and C/C++ are boring. Who’s right? Everyone and no-one.
- tikhonj 3y agoC is boring in the same way that weaving through traffic at full speed on a motorcycle is boring—people have been doing it forever and some of them haven't even gotten hurt by it...