Re:MongoDB gets support for multi-document ACID transactions
by btilly on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:30PM
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I agree with the lessons in Worse Is Better, but I don't think that the author properly understood what he was observing. The result was a confused and confusing essay.
The way that I understand it is that what is "Good" depends on how you measure it. When we measure in terms of technical quality, we get one answer. When we measure in terms of suited to be widely adopted, we get a different answer.
We tend to idealize for technical quality, but popularity is what matters more. And once something is widely enough adopted, the technical inferiority tends to be fixable.
The way that I understand it is that what is "Good" depends on how you measure it. When we measure in terms of technical quality, we get one answer. When we measure in terms of suited to be widely adopted, we get a different answer.
We tend to idealize for technical quality, but popularity is what matters more. And once something is widely enough adopted, the technical inferiority tends to be fixable.