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Why (Framework) traveling will not make you happy.

Michael "lampe" Lazarski on July 09, 2019

Why (Framework) traveling will not make you happy. We all had this thought that only if we went to another country like Tokyo, Japan, for two week...
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Drew Town

Framework traveling is another form of procrastination. You get stuck in a learning loop, chasing the new shiny, like you said.

It's one thing if you actually can't get something done with your current toolset. It's another if you see a 5% improvement in a new framework and need to start from 0 and tackle the easy parts of your project...again.

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Maria Michou

Agree 100% with you. What frustrates me even more is when we choose a framework because it is popular for a, b, c reasons but we are blind when choosing the right framework for the right job, used by the right people (people who are experienced enough to work on it AND/OR can adapt quickly)

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Emmanuel Raymond

Couldn't have said it better!

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Exactly!

The thing is do you really need the (maybe) 5%?

Maybe getting things done is more important then looping through frameworks!

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M. Andrew Darts

Dude. Yes. This is great, I really appreciate you taking on this topic!

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Glad that you like it :)

Thank you very much!

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Angel Daniel Munoz Gonzalez

Cool post! I actually like it a lot.

I never understood why people like to torture themselves that much
what I did (still do actually) was to learn one, and then follow social media of other frameworks that way I could keep up with the news but not necessarily learn the framework.
If I ever needed it on the work well...
I already knew what's the community focus and finish to learn stuff around that focus (actually you can learn a lot from the news of a framework)

wanting to know what's on the environment doesn't mean you should learn everything on the environment

Just like nature enthusiasts, you don't need to study a biology career to know a bit/read about nature, same thing with fishing, carpentry
once you need it then you can focus on the subject

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Yeah, you should never stop learning!

One part for me of development (now) is to also build not just learn.

I learned (ha! pun intended) that if you only learn frameworks you will never be great because you just know the theory but actually never build anything :)

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Will G

Love this post! Good promotion for mindfulness. Also currently in Japan can confirm Matcha Tea KitKats are still a thing. The new flavour of the month is Sakura Sake. ;)

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Thank you :)

We even have the Matcha Tea KitKats here in Europe now :D

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Christopher Dosin

No matter if it's about a framework, or programming language - Knowing each framework, or programming language isn't that hard, but: Mastering one is the key. So yeah, well said. Stick with one and be a master in this framework/language and you'll be happy :)

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Yeah, you need to find the right balance :)

You should not stick to flash anymore for example :D

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yuetsu

"...that bar with the whiskey sour cocktail to often..."

TOO OFTEN.

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Caps lock alarm!

Grammarly premium thinks it should be to not too :D

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yuetsu • Edited

Grammarly is wrong and you should report it to them. That's why I don't use it. Keeping the "Strunk & White" book by my desk is good enough for me. You are not using a preposition, you are not going "to" a place called "often;" you are indicating you've over used drinking whiskey sour cocktails "too" often.

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Zerocrick

Great to hear you about this topic

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ghdsportsooo

That was truly appreciated sir. Thank you.

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Igor L.Vicente

Very good post.

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Thank you very much :)

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eddyLazar • Edited

Looks like the programming is just like the real life;)

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Sometimes it is harder because the computer will just say NO! ;)

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Emil Kitua

Well said. Thanks for sharing

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Thank you for commenting :)

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Linas Spukas

Great post @lampewebdev . I feel gratitude for sharing it! You pulled some deep thoughts here :)

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Thank you very much! Have a fantastic day!

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Oluchi Orji

Your article is on point, framework has never been the problem, but skipping the language core fundamentals, design patterns and algorithms 😂 😅 .
You endup in a loop learning new shiny tools.