My approach to choosing technology is straightforward but somehow controversial:

Look at the end result

Typically, there are multiple options available for implementing a thing:

• A: difficult, slow to develop, but the end result is better
• B: fast, easy, the end result has some compromises made

When presented with such choice, imagine both futures where you deliver your product to a user. A user doesn't care if it was difficult for you, if you had to learn new things, fight with a compiler or package manager or whatever.

How would you explain that they'll have to endure the slowness of your product because you were not educated enough to make it better?

For me, that would be extremely embarrassing, so I choose option A whenever I can. This pushes me to learn new things despite them being hard or overwhelming or poorly documented. This makes me a better developer, and my users are happier even if they don't know it 😊

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DRM is a financial pyramid. It might not seem like it, but if you look close enough, the similarities are apparent.

Imagine you bought a game with Denuvo. One time purchase, 60€ and it's in your library. However, in order for you to play it, the publisher has to pay monthly fees either to Denuvo or to run their own servers. The only way they can do it is by attracting new customers. If they run out of fuel you will lose everything you invested, just like a financial pyramid's donor.

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Pamatuješ si na akci "Dítě roku 2000"?

Tak to je teď další tajná soutěž: O nejstaršího člověka, co se narodil ve 20. století...

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Every non-functional program is nonfunctional by definition 🤷