On picking boring technologies
https://ethanmick.com/on-picking-boring-technolgies/
I often see posts asking, "What language or framework should I use to build my product?"
When building a product, pick the technology you know well to focus on shipping.
What are the boring technologies that you love?
While it's indeed the most important goal to focus on the business case, I've personally always found using boring technology, well boring. Investing some more time to work with a new language, paradigm, etc takes more effort initially, but the engineering part of the brain just loves it so much more. And ultimately, this makes the journey so much more enjoyable.
I think it’s always valuable to learn new things! It can be very hard to learn both at the same time though. As an engineer it’s easy for me to spend time learning new tech instead of actually learning about users.
There are always going to be in and outs in every technology or framework that you use. A developer will opt for an optimum framework for his/her app development/web development. One needs to choose wisely.
Totally agree. I think it’s very much a personal choice, which is why I think asking the Internet is a backward move.
Postgres has to be close to the top. It just works like magic and has been around forever.
I agree! I love and use Postgres all the time!