[dwheeler]

Practically every technology decision has pros and cons.

I think that if you can't think of a good reason not to use some technology, then you don't understand the technology well enough yet and you shouldn't try to use it in production yet. It may be what you need, but thinking that "everything must switch to this" is usually a huge warning signal that cargo cult engineering is happening instead of real engineering.

[brunellus]

This point is reminiscent of the Chesterton’s Fence concept discussed on HN recently

[dwheeler]

I completely agree, good point! Historically Chesterton's Fence is that you shouldn't remove something until you understand why it's there, but we should probably broaden the lesson to cover change of any kind. Something like, "Don't remove anything until you understand why it's there, and don't use something new until you understand under what conditions that new thing is better (vs. when it isn't)." I'm not against change, but I do hate the endless cargo cults.

[netfl0]

Fashion has H&M

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