Comment on AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Its only boring, if everything works as it should. My old mattress was dysfunctional and I had to fight with it every night. I’m so glad my current one is boring and forgettable.

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  • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I look for “boring” in most products. Excitement is for experiences, not furniture.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I feel the same about software development. For personal projects, I’ll often use a technology stack I’m very familiar with, like C# and MySQL on a Debian Linux server. Maybe not the fanciest, but they’re proven, reliable technologies that have been around for a long time, and will likely still be around a long time from now.

      New frameworks, libraries, and languages pop up all the time, but some of the ecosystems move way too quickly. I have some Node.js sites I built years ago that I can’t even run any more without major changes.

      Relevant: expatsoftware.com/…/happiness-is-a-boring-stack.h…

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      • colournoun@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Also mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology

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