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I think commentators are missing that a big part of boring technology is, well, that it's boring. If developers are excited to use that technology, instead of just thinking "meh just another one of those companies using X" then it's probably not boring.

If your technology gets developers excited then it's not boring.

As per the original article that introduced the term, that doesn't mean that it's a priori a bad thing, but it does mean that the bar for the other things it brings to the table needs to be higher and that most startups only get a limited number of technologies to be excited about.