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> focus on the fundamentals rather than the particular brand of tools. HTTP, tcp, HTML, OS, CPU, filesystem, etc will almost certainly out last a language, fram
by bawolff 3y ago
> focus on the fundamentals rather than the particular brand of tools. HTTP, tcp, HTML, OS, CPU, filesystem, etc will almost certainly out last a language, framework and SaaS
Umm, you are just picking survivorship bias tech things.
Focusing on html was a good choice. Focusing on xhtml2 or vrml would be a bad choice.
HTTP will serve you well. FTP or Gopher not so much.
TCP is a better choice than IPX or SCTP, etc.
Ultimately though, i think the point is to focus on the underlying ideas. You should understand transport protocols not tcp specificly, then you can easily apply that knowledge to QUIC or whatever.
- Robotbeat 3y agoLindy Principle
- leetrout 3y agoFor those curious > The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy's Law) is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age. Thus, the Lindy effect proposes the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect