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1 --- 2 title: "First, It Must Work" 3 date: 2023-05-11T23:00:26-04:00 4 draft: false 5 references: 6 - title: "Second-guessing the modern web - macwright.com" 7 url: https://macwright.com/2020/05/10/spa-fatigue.html 8 date: 2023-07-04T01:51:17Z 9 file: macwright-com-vvkegs.txt 10 - title: "In defense of the modern web - DEV Community" 11 url: https://dev.to/richharris/in-defense-of-the-modern-web-2nia 12 date: 2023-07-04T01:51:24Z 13 file: dev-to-ptnb0b.txt 14 - title: "The Grug Brained Developer" 15 url: https://grugbrain.dev/ 16 date: 2023-05-12T13:08:33Z 17 file: grugbrain-dev-dzqozx.txt 18 - title: "Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices" 19 url: https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580 20 date: 2023-05-12T14:09:23Z 21 file: world-hey-com-ivvqlb.txt 22 - title: "Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software" 23 url: https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software 24 date: 2023-06-20T16:28:39Z 25 file: cerebralab-com-qy5zqs.txt 26 - title: "When to Build Millennia Sewers" 27 url: https://taylor.town/millennium-sewer 28 date: 2023-07-03T00:32:43Z 29 file: taylor-town-5siv9a.txt 30 - title: "We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study" 31 url: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-problems.html 32 date: 2023-07-03T21:19:28Z 33 file: techxplore-com-8o7hmu.txt 34 - title: "Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology" 35 url: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology 36 date: 2023-07-04T03:40:17Z 37 file: mcfunley-com-5myzcq.txt 38 - title: "There's still no silver bullet |> Changelog" 39 url: https://changelog.com/posts/still-no-silver-bullet 40 date: 2023-07-04T16:04:24Z 41 file: changelog-com-kqx1ni.txt 42 - title: "No one actually wants simplicity - lukeplant.me.uk" 43 url: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/no-one-actually-wants-simplicity/ 44 date: 2023-09-09T02:23:06Z 45 file: lukeplant-me-uk-ms1b6l.txt 46 - title: "Keep your stack short | Aaron Bushnell" 47 url: https://aaronmbushnell.com/keep-your-stack-short/ 48 date: 2023-10-25T14:21:17Z 49 file: aaronmbushnell-com-x5e6nn.txt 50 - title: "Dan Stroot · Blog · Making Software Last Forever" 51 url: https://www.danstroot.com/posts/2023-05-25-making_software_last_forever 52 date: 2023-11-13T04:44:27Z 53 file: www-danstroot-com-wwjfi6.txt 54 - title: "The Market for Lemons - Infrequently Noted" 55 url: https://infrequently.org/2023/02/the-market-for-lemons/ 56 date: 2024-02-26T03:15:24Z 57 file: infrequently-org-tvobg0.txt 58 - title: "The time to unmaintainable is very low | daverupert.com" 59 url: https://daverupert.com/2024/01/time-to-unmaintainable/ 60 date: 2024-02-26T05:14:52Z 61 file: daverupert-com-v58fx7.txt 62 --- 63 64 ### Thoughts on priorities in software development 65 66 * So much stuff doesn't work -- bugs stop you from accomplishing your desired task 67 * Over time, complexity creeps in, making changes gets harder 68 * The focus on performance, serverless, microservices, etc. -- these increase complexity, reduce reliability 69 * Everyone agrees that the current status quo sucks, but we disagree on the solution: go back to how things worked in the past, or continue down the path we're on with the hope that things will improve 70 * Reference ["Second-guessing the modern web"][1] and ["In defense of the modern web"][2] 71 72 [1]: https://macwright.com/2020/05/10/spa-fatigue.html 73 [2]: https://dev.to/richharris/in-defense-of-the-modern-web-2nia 74 75 ### Links 76 77 * [The Grug Brained Developer][3] 78 * [Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices][4] 79 * [Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software][5] 80 * [When to Build Millennia Sewers][6] 81 * [We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study][7] 82 * [Choose Boring Technology][8] 83 * [There's still no silver bullet][9] 84 * [No one actually wants simplicity][10] 85 * [Keep your stack short][11] 86 * [Making Software Last Forever][12] 87 * [The Market for Lemons][13] 88 * [The time to unmaintainable is very low][14] 89 90 [3]: https://grugbrain.dev/ 91 [4]: https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580 92 [5]: https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software 93 [6]: https://taylor.town/millennium-sewer 94 [7]: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-problems.html 95 [8]: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology 96 [9]: https://changelog.com/posts/still-no-silver-bullet 97 [10]: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/no-one-actually-wants-simplicity/ 98 [11]: https://aaronmbushnell.com/keep-your-stack-short/ 99 [12]: https://www.danstroot.com/posts/2023-05-25-making_software_last_forever 100 [13]: https://infrequently.org/2023/02/the-market-for-lemons/ 101 [14]: https://daverupert.com/2024/01/time-to-unmaintainable/