Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by lnenad on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:52PM
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Why can't innovation bring better stability?
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Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by nine_k on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:25PM
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Innovation is change, and change is the opposite of stability.
Innovation can reduce pain though, if the current pain is strong enough. A stable stream of failures in production can be the kind of "stability" you want to disrupt.
Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by lnenad on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:11PM
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What are we talking about? Philosophically yes. Factually, no. In the context of a system innovation could be switching from one form that renders in 1 second to another that renders in 50ms. Stability isn't part of that equation.
Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by nine_k on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:38PM
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Is this switching risk-free? Consider all these ancient computer devices that run high-stakes equipment for years and decades without change. An RPi could replace an ancient PDP-11, cost a fraction, consume a fraction of energy, be faster, etc. But it also may introduce new and unknown failure modes.
Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by mpyne on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:22PM
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Being able navigate change can provide stability in the long term though, at least as opposed to being resistant to change.
Re:Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
by nine_k on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:33PM
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Yes, all stability in real life is metastability, it needs a constant effort to maintain. A worthy innovation can lower this effort, or lower the risk of a catastrophic failure.
A complete stability is death.