Really good presentation. Even in this form. These are the best arguments for choosing Boring Tech that I’ve seen yet.
Almost gave me a sinking feeling:
> If you behave that way you miss out on the part of the curve that we call “mastery.” That’s a state to the right on this curve, where there are still problems. Everything still sucks but it feels manageable.
> The grim paradox of this law of software is that you should probably be using the tool that you hate the most. You hate it because you know the most about it.
Almost gave me a sinking feeling:
> If you behave that way you miss out on the part of the curve that we call “mastery.” That’s a state to the right on this curve, where there are still problems. Everything still sucks but it feels manageable.
> The grim paradox of this law of software is that you should probably be using the tool that you hate the most. You hate it because you know the most about it.