Seems like the tech landscape is littered with products and technologies that promise a lot but barely work, from messy and fragile languages and SDKs, to IDEs that are buggy as hell, etc. Some products start out well but then are enshittified.
Every one in a while I come across a stable piece of tech is rock solid and delivers what it promises for years. It is "boring" in that it works well without a fuss. These are the technologies that will never let you down, in which you can invest building a business or for personal use.
Some of the boring/reliable tech I've been impressed with:
(1) PostgreSQL database (probably the most solid piece of technology I've had the pleasure to use)
(2) Email via IMAP (well supported by most email providers, simple to setup, just works)
(3) Macbooks (the hardware, not necessarily the MacOS running on them)
What's your list?
Every one in a while I come across a stable piece of tech is rock solid and delivers what it promises for years. It is "boring" in that it works well without a fuss. These are the technologies that will never let you down, in which you can invest building a business or for personal use.
Some of the boring/reliable tech I've been impressed with:
(1) PostgreSQL database (probably the most solid piece of technology I've had the pleasure to use)
(2) Email via IMAP (well supported by most email providers, simple to setup, just works)
(3) Macbooks (the hardware, not necessarily the MacOS running on them)
What's your list?