I suppose answering snark with snark is fair play, but our industry has a real unhealthy preoccupation with the new. The early releases of MongoDB were great proof that the engineers had failed to learn many of the lessons of their predecessors, and I think this is why I and other database-y programmers distrust it to this day. Sexiness is not a prerequisite for reliability.
Your unspoken message reflects the widespread idea in the industry that a detailed knowledge of old things is incompatible with doing new and exciting things. I think this notion is naive and also contributes to ageism, and I hope our industry recovers from it in my lifetime.
Your unspoken message reflects the widespread idea in the industry that a detailed knowledge of old things is incompatible with doing new and exciting things. I think this notion is naive and also contributes to ageism, and I hope our industry recovers from it in my lifetime.