Most of the work is meaningless and some form of theater, lots of folks are chasing total comp and resume driven development. Many metrics measured are orthogon

Most of the work is meaningless and some form of theater, lots of folks are chasing total comp and resume driven development. Many metrics measured are orthogonal to success, and the work that matters to success is hard to measure at all. Complexity for complexity's sake. "Just one more framework|technology|abstraction bro." Choose Boring Technology (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289512 - August 2026 (245 comments) In Defense of Simple Architectures (2022) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39440179 - February 2024 (436 comments)