The Case For Boring Software
Teams keep choosing novel tools for problems that were solved a decade ago. The cost shows up later, and it compounds.
Novelty has a maintenance bill. Boring technology is not a lack of ambition; it is a decision to spend your limited complexity budget where it produces value.
What boring buys you
- Documented failure modes.
- People who already know how to operate it.
- Upgrade paths that exist.
Every new tool is a promise to understand it at three in the morning.
When novelty is right
When the new thing removes an entire category of work, not when it merely reshapes it.
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