Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp

Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by wpietri on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:12PM (#35497130)

For sure. I used to be a real tech snob. And I still like experimenting. But I've had to admit that the particular technology used just doesn't make the difference I would like it to. E.g., PHP is a "fractal of bad design" [1], but Facebook seems to be an ok business. Or Javascript was clearly a frightful hack job to start, barely adequate for mouse rollovers and a little form validation, but now you see plenty of companies doing fine using it front end and back. These days I would much rather have a good team and a good culture than my favorite technology.

[1] https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/

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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by valenterry on Saturday April 08, 2023 @05:48PM (#35497966)

Facebook hired dedicated people to invent their own hack-language over PHP to deal with PHPs problems.

Sure, a business can succeed with a crappy language. But that doesn't mean the language has no impact, otherwise Facebook would have just sticked to it.

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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by wpietri on Sunday April 09, 2023 @12:32AM (#35500086)

I don't believe that I said language had no impact. What I said was, "the particular technology used just doesn't make the difference I would like it to".

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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by valenterry on Sunday April 09, 2023 @04:35AM (#35500915)

I guess I misinterpreted it, sorry for that.

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