The quiet case for boring technology

Novelty has a cost that rarely shows up in the demo and always shows up in production. Every exciting new dependency is something someone has to understand, operate and debug later.

We spend our innovation budget deliberately — usually on the part of the product that is genuinely novel — and reach for proven, boring technology everywhere else.

Boring is not the same as outdated. It means well-understood, well-supported, and unlikely to surprise you at the worst possible moment.