Comment by djaouen
2 years ago
>Are you sure you aren’t just using Gooby because it is fun?
No. I don’t do anything (by choice) if it is not fun.
2 years ago
>Are you sure you aren’t just using Gooby because it is fun?
No. I don’t do anything (by choice) if it is not fun.
Exactly this. I'm indifferent to the most popular, ubiquitous, top-10-on-every-X-list trends. It's a pattern: something gains massive adoption only to fizzle out a few years later. XML, the one-size-fits-all OOP, all-in microservices, Silverlight, Flash, etc.
Usually, there are some good, pragmatic reasons why something gets selected, and it is always accompanied by trade-offs. The decision is not mine alone to make; we need buy-in from everyone on the team. If the choice turns out to be not very delightful or fun, it becomes obvious - replace it. My initial reaction to the question "Why are you using Gooby? I've never even heard about it..." is always "because it's fun"
And it is absolutely normal to become a team where everyone enjoys Gooby, and they'd try to hire like-minded people.