<![CDATA[If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it.]]>If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9851ca26-cc15-4160-866d-cd98f4f5a796/if-you-cannot-without-doing-any-additional-research-write-a-3-000-word-essay-about-why-a-particular-technology-is-garbage-and-no-one-should-ever-use-it-then-you-don-t-understand-it-well-enough-to-recommend-it.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:45:39 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 08:01:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:47:12 GMT]]>@david_chisnall reminds me of the classic: all software sucks, all hardware sucks. If you don't understand how something sucks you don't understand it well enough 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://loci.onl/users/morix/statuses/116543745716132875https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://loci.onl/users/morix/statuses/116543745716132875Sat, 09 May 2026 08:47:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:42:26 GMT]]>@david_chisnall
This makes me happy to hear, since I seem to spend an equal amount of time disregarding the very software I recommend. Thank you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116450364351387379/statuses/116543726947490761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116450364351387379/statuses/116543726947490761Sat, 09 May 2026 08:42:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:31:59 GMT]]>@david_chisnall Reminds me of the adage that there are two sorts of programming language: the ones people complain about, and the ones nobody uses.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/lx/statuses/116543685880943145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/lx/statuses/116543685880943145Sat, 09 May 2026 08:31:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:25:48 GMT]]>@david_chisnall seems like an awfully low bar. i should at least not *want to* write a 3000-word essay about why it's garbage before i recommend it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116543661566308198https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116543661566308198Sat, 09 May 2026 08:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:22:58 GMT]]>@david_chisnall I think that's a fair requirement. And it could be applied to a lot of stuff.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Remittancegirl/statuses/116543650414060504https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Remittancegirl/statuses/116543650414060504Sat, 09 May 2026 08:22:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you cannot, without doing any additional research, write a 3,000-word essay about why a particular technology is garbage and no one should ever use it, then you don’t understand it well enough to recommend it. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:19 GMT]]>@david_chisnall who needs to anymore when we can just phone it in?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116543569235468398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116543569235468398Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:19 GMT