PowerFactors dev by day, gamer by night. Battling impostor syndrome and writing clean energy code (and useless side projects) fueled by pure insanity since 2008.
The mindless tech trend followers out there. It's not just a current trend per se, but a downright mindset I've seen developing over the years. We've had these clean code cults, then the whole microservices cargo culting frenzy, and now people are questioning if microservices are dead and monoliths should make a comeback. It's like we're stuck in a cycle of blind obedience to whatever some self-proclaimed tech guru endorses. I still have conversations where people say, "The unit tests should be all the documentation of the code".
Seriously, do people even bother to do their freaking research anymore? It seems like critical thinking has become an endangered species. Instead of diving into the nitty-gritty and figuring out what works best for their projects, they mindlessly latch onto the latest trend just because some influencer says so.
I think I get what you mean, but imho we shouldn't dismiss trends too easily either. There's some merits to clean coding principles for example. Its when people get really religious about something, that it starts to derail completely. That happened with microservices for sure. Everything had to be a microservice at some point, which was just ridiculous. So yes, critical thinking for sure, but also keep an open mind to new trends. You don't want to become religious about dismissing anything, just because its trendy!
PowerFactors dev by day, gamer by night. Battling impostor syndrome and writing clean energy code (and useless side projects) fueled by pure insanity since 2008.
I agree that dismissing everything is the same as accepting the latest trends. In the end of the day we are toolsmiths. We create tools to solve problems. The problem begins when we lose focus of the problem, and get enamored with a specific tool. After all, if your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails. :)
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The mindless tech trend followers out there. It's not just a current trend per se, but a downright mindset I've seen developing over the years. We've had these clean code cults, then the whole microservices cargo culting frenzy, and now people are questioning if microservices are dead and monoliths should make a comeback. It's like we're stuck in a cycle of blind obedience to whatever some self-proclaimed tech guru endorses. I still have conversations where people say, "The unit tests should be all the documentation of the code".
Seriously, do people even bother to do their freaking research anymore? It seems like critical thinking has become an endangered species. Instead of diving into the nitty-gritty and figuring out what works best for their projects, they mindlessly latch onto the latest trend just because some influencer says so.
I think I get what you mean, but imho we shouldn't dismiss trends too easily either. There's some merits to clean coding principles for example. Its when people get really religious about something, that it starts to derail completely. That happened with microservices for sure. Everything had to be a microservice at some point, which was just ridiculous. So yes, critical thinking for sure, but also keep an open mind to new trends. You don't want to become religious about dismissing anything, just because its trendy!
I agree that dismissing everything is the same as accepting the latest trends. In the end of the day we are toolsmiths. We create tools to solve problems. The problem begins when we lose focus of the problem, and get enamored with a specific tool. After all, if your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails. :)