[meadsteve]

This is a very good point. There are definitely "risky novel" choices that could make your company a success. But I've also seen many teams drowning in a soup of random tech choices.

I'd love to be able to write some more specific advice on this topic but mostly I just want people to be mindful of the impacts of their choices and actively choose risk rather than having it sneak up on them.

[paulryanrogers]

My first time as a team lead I saw value in little side experiments on non-core parts. Now I think that's only OK if there is time and budget to roll them back if they prove to be a bad fit. Otherwise they accrete and become a drag on velocity.