WanderFool
Jan Wildeboer 😷
Both-sideing in the media started in the tech world, where since 30 years every time you say "I use $SOFTWARE and here's how and why", it immediately attracts the "yes, but" crowd, promoting their supposed alternatives, blaming you for being on the wrong side of history, making sure that no person new to the field can ever decide what to do and use next. I call it Choice Paralysis. #SarcasmButOnlyHalf
Jörn Franke@jwildeboer I think this is the result of "solutionism" in many enterprises. Just come up with new solution - do not think about what you need now and what you need in the future. Do not think about what problems you solve. This creates a huge technical debt which brings a lot of work for IT, but not much for users or for the greater good.
Cosmo
Shipping a button in 2026…
Mauricio Teixeira🐧
Benjamin Braatz@jwildeboer Annoying people who have chosen differently is bad, yes.
But saying “I use $OTHER_SOFTWARE and here's how and why” without mentioning the other person is completely legitimate and can *also* lead to choice paralysis. Honest and in-depth comparisons might be more helpful for persons new to the field than fanboying only one of the possibilities.
But, in the end, what helps against choice paralysis is learning to force yourself to choose in a world without perfect choices.