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"Boring" inevitably means "popular" in these discussions—"popular" in the sense of "mainstream" and "widely used" rather than "trendy" or "hyped", but it's stil
by tikhonj 3y ago
"Boring" inevitably means "popular" in these discussions—"popular" in the sense of "mainstream" and "widely used" rather than "trendy" or "hyped", but it's still a popularity contest at the end of the day.
- pdonis 3y ago> "Boring" inevitably means "popular" in these discussions Not the way the article is using the term "boring", or the way the post I responded to was using the term "popular". "Boring" means choosing the tech on the basis of it being proven to work by much experence. That is what the article is advocating doing unless the boring tech simply won't do the job you need it to do. The "boring" tech might well also be popular, but that is irrelevant to what the article is saying because the tech is not being chosen for its popularity, it's being chosen for its technical capability. "Popular" means choosing the tech on the basis of its popularity. That means not even looking at whether the tool meets technical requirements. That is what the post I responded to was describing, and arguing against. But the article is not advocating for doing this, so arguing against it is not arguing against the article at all. > it's still a popularity contest at the end of the day. Not if the criterion is technical merit. See above.
- jf22 3y agoI have never encountered a scenario where "boring" meant "popular".
- ska 3y ago> "Boring" inevitably means "popular" in these discussions No it really doesn't. In this context it means something more like: we know this approach has been successfully shipped hundreds of times for similar use cases. There may be warts, but they are known, and it will work.