---
title: "First, It Must Work"
date: 2023-05-11T23:00:26-04:00
draft: false
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---

### Thoughts on priorities in software development

* So much stuff doesn't work -- bugs stop you from accomplishing your desired task
* Over time, complexity creeps in, making changes gets harder
* The focus on performance, serverless, microservices, etc. -- these increase complexity, reduce reliability
* 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
  * Reference ["Second-guessing the modern web"][1] and ["In defense of the modern web"][2]

[1]: https://macwright.com/2020/05/10/spa-fatigue.html
[2]: https://dev.to/richharris/in-defense-of-the-modern-web-2nia

### Links

* [The Grug Brained Developer][3]
* [Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices][4]
* [Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software][5]
* [When to Build Millennia Sewers][6]
* [We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study][7]
* [Choose Boring Technology][8]
* [There's still no silver bullet][9]
* [No one actually wants simplicity][10]
* [Keep your stack short][11]
* [Making Software Last Forever][12]

[3]: https://grugbrain.dev/
[4]: https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580
[5]: https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software
[6]: https://taylor.town/millennium-sewer
[7]: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-problems.html
[8]: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology
[9]: https://changelog.com/posts/still-no-silver-bullet
[10]: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/no-one-actually-wants-simplicity/
[11]: https://aaronmbushnell.com/keep-your-stack-short/
[12]: https://www.danstroot.com/posts/2023-05-25-making_software_last_forever
