| > peoples takeaway is that you shouldn't adopt anything from large companies as a small company by default. And thats simply not true. Yes it is. You said so yourself: > The point here is to understand what are the problems that are being solved, understand if they are similar to yours, and make a decision based on wether the tradeoffs are a good fit for you. That's you agreeing: “understand and make a decision” is pretty much the exact opposite of “adopt anything by default” — which
peoples takeaway is that you shouldn't do — isn't it? So you're agreeing with the general takeaway, not arguing against it. I think this pendulum has stopped swinging and come to a rest. And pendulums (pendula? penduli?) always stop pointing straight down, midway between the extremes: You shouldn't mindlessly reject something just because it comes from a big company, but certainly not blindly adopt it just because it does, either. But, just as you said, understand if it fits for you and then decide based on that. And hey, on this particular issue, it seems some big companies do it one way, and others the opposite — so maybe the (non-existent) “average big company” is halfway between the extremes, too. (Whatever that means; one-and-a-half repository? Or half an infinity of repositories?) |