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I fully agree with this, but the problem with this idea is that if we only ever choose to adopt the most boring mature technology, it doesn't give any room for
by darksaints 2y ago
I fully agree with this, but the problem with this idea is that if we only ever choose to adopt the most boring mature technology, it doesn't give any room for better to ever exist. Be selective and judicious, but also open-minded and willing to re-evaluate. Sometimes the exciting things are exciting for very valid reasons. I'm okay with hype cycles, even if they are annoying to me as someone who constantly has to justify why I'm not adopting them, as long as they lead to maturation of innovative ideas.
- aard 2y ago> Sometimes the exciting things are exciting for very valid reasons Very true! I would also add: Sometimes boring things are boring for reasons that actually make them poor solutions. For example, some systems require tedious, mind-numbing configuration. This is boring, but also a good reason to NOT use something. If it takes hours and hours of manual tuning, by someone with special training, then the solution is incomplete and at least needs some better defaults and/or documentation. It might be a poor option. Another example is a system that does not lend itself to automation. Requiring manual interaction is certainly boring, but also does not scale well. It is a valid reason to disqualify a solution. Boring can often be a smell--an intuition that a solution is not fully solving the problem.
- mybazongas 2y agoAh yes, new and exciting ways of more slowly shoveling JavaScript over the wire for the same CRUD applications we've been reinventing since 1998.
- darksaints 2y agoDid that straw man feel really good to hit?