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As usual, the next-big-thing-to-replace-the-old-crappy-thing has become nothing more than a useful addition to our toolbox. Which is not a bad thing, but I wis

As usual, the next-big-thing-to-replace-the-old-crappy-thing has become nothing more than a useful addition to our toolbox. Which is not a bad thing, but I wish we could do it without the overhyped nonsense. It really is time for this business to grow the fuck up. The "web generation" has brought us lots of great changes, I would have quit IT back in the 90's if the internet hadn't happened. But this immature attitude towards everything from technology stacks to how to run a company is really starting to grate.

threeseed 13y ago
You are right. They are just tools nothing more, nothing less. For those of us that have been doing software development for a long time we would have heard countless vendors hyping their products. It's what they do and will continue to do. Normal developers have always ignored it and chosen the right tool for the job. I actually find the anti-NoSQL crowd to be the immature ones and are often quite patronising as though I am some idiot for choosing a particular database. It's quite bizarre.
bunderbunder 13y ago
The "web generation" has brought us lots of great changes, I would have quit IT back in the 90's if the internet hadn't happened. But this immature attitude towards everything from technology stacks to how to run a company is really starting to grate. Reminds me of back in the 90's when object-oriented databases were going to rule the world and software was all going to be write-once-run-everywhere, or the early 2000's when static typing was the downfall of society. Meh. Every generation's got something like that. As skeptical as I am of the latest trends, I sincerely hope that people stay excited about them, and keep using them. That bubbling cauldron of ideas does generate a lot of noise, but it also generates new ideas and progress.

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As usual, the next-big-thing-to-replace-the-old-crappy-thing has become nothing more than a useful addition to our toolbox. Which is not a bad thing, but I wis

by bowlofpetunias 13y ago

threeseed 13y ago
You are right. They are just tools nothing more, nothing less. For those of us that have been doing software development for a long time we would have heard countless vendors hyping their products. It's what they do and will continue to do. Normal developers have always ignored it and chosen the right tool for the job. I actually find the anti-NoSQL crowd to be the immature ones and are often quite patronising as though I am some idiot for choosing a particular database. It's quite bizarre.
bunderbunder 13y ago
The "web generation" has brought us lots of great changes, I would have quit IT back in the 90's if the internet hadn't happened. But this immature attitude towards everything from technology stacks to how to run a company is really starting to grate. Reminds me of back in the 90's when object-oriented databases were going to rule the world and software was all going to be write-once-run-everywhere, or the early 2000's when static typing was the downfall of society. Meh. Every generation's got something like that. As skeptical as I am of the latest trends, I sincerely hope that people stay excited about them, and keep using them. That bubbling cauldron of ideas does generate a lot of noise, but it also generates new ideas and progress.