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The Boring Stack

The more boring our code and tech is, the more room we give our products to be interesting.
August 10, 2020

Boring tech does not imply boring products or ancient languages. Boring simply means minimal surprises.

It’s a bright day in the office, and there are two people huddled around a whiteboard. It’s my first day as a consultant working with a startup, and the current topic is about building a recommendation engine that will suggest different products to their users.

The CTO turns to me with a self-assured nod, ‘TensorFlow seems like the optimal solution here, and the investors are excited by the possibilities’. 

Silence fills the air for a moment while I gather my thoughts. I manage to make a quiet strangled noise in response.

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