* Tags:: #🗞️Articles , [[My management principles values and practices|My Management Principles Values And Practices]], [[Boring technology|Boring technology]] * Author:: [[dan-mckinley|Dan Mckinley]] ("General purpose web person" at S&P, Etsy, Stripe...) * Link:: [Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology (mcfunley.com)](https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology) * Source date:: [[2015-03-30]] * Finished date:: [[2017-01-01]] The mythical essay that gave rise to the [[Boring technology|Boring technology]] term. The main idea is pretty clear: >When choosing technology, you have both known unknowns and unknown unknowns (…) Both sets are typically non-empty, even for tech that’s existed for decades. But for shiny new technology the magnitude of unknown unknowns is significantly larger. And you should think long term: >It is basically always the case that the long-term costs of keeping a system working reliably vastly exceed any inconveniences you encounter while building it. Mature and productive developers understand this. Why do you want to have more free? **To contemplate bigger questions**.