Re:How to Succeed as a Poor Programmer
by taneq on Sunday September 29, 2019 @11:09PM
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I think it's a tongue-in-cheek way of saying "don't chase the latest framework/paradigm/trend/fad unless you have a solid reason to do so".
There's always an exploration/exploitation tradeoff when choosing your tech stack, and in my opinion most programmers overinvest in exploration, given that the terrain is infinite and covered in roughly equal local optima.
There's always an exploration/exploitation tradeoff when choosing your tech stack, and in my opinion most programmers overinvest in exploration, given that the terrain is infinite and covered in roughly equal local optima.