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by soveran
4083 days ago
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An extended version of the quote would be "Don't just believe that because something is trendy, that it's good. I would go the other extreme where if I find too many people adopting a certain idea I'd probably think it's wrong. Or if my work had become too popular I probably would think I have to change." I took it from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Ju0eM5T2c |
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The "elite" developers (who often don't actually maintain real production apps, or need to live with the consequences of their design choices) begin to fad over a new language. O'Reilly publishes a book and sure enough... Influential senior developers who obsess over these elites start fangirling, leading them to convince their bosses/teams/companies to also adopt this new "cool" technology. As the popular tide of generic bandwagoners rises, the "elite" developer begin to feel the pressures of wanting to redefine their identity again, and soon jump ship to switch to the next hot thing.
Then the process repeats...