[codingdave]

> we need to find a balance between those of us online yelling and tweeting and pushing towards the Next Big Thing and those that are unseen and patient and focused on the business problem at hand.

What makes him think we don't have a balance already? Most devs are the quiet ones who just do their job and then go home. Aside from participation on HN, I consider myself to be be one of those quiet ones. I work on business problems with whatever tools are appropriate, which includes both modern stacks and legacy codebases.

I'm not sure what other balance he is seeking.

[JustSomeNobody]

Plenty of us are using the latest technologies to push our particular domains forward but we aren’t writing blogs or evangelizing. This doesn’t mean we are in the dark. It just means we get stuff done. It doesn’t mean we don’t have skills. What it does mean is I don’t need google or stack overflow to write my code for me. I can solve my own problems thank you.

So, I think I am pretty well balanced.

[kayoone]

Nobody was implying that the "Dark matter" devs do not get stuff done or don't have the skills, you missed the argument of the article.

[JustSomeNobody]

Right, but some of the comments on HN imply that is the way people think - that most dark matter devs are using old code bases, or don't have the skills to be on the leading edge.

[fxtentacle]

I would see that much more positively: Most of those Dark Matter devs have the experience to know which old and stable technology will be superior to which hyped new fashion trend. So they know about all the new stuff but are still are using old technology because it's the better choice.