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.