Time is an incredibly important asset.<\/p>\n
I come from a Ruby on Rails background. The progress of Rails updates & JS frameworks has been amazing & constant.\u00a0Each new Rails patch brings with it some work to stay current. It’s not Rails’s fault since there are always\u00a0new features or security issues that arise. Having a well maintained framework, such as Rails, is a huge boon for the community.<\/p>\n
With any programmer tool, you generally want to\u00a0be on the current stable release (for a variety of reasons including security & bug fixes). The issue is that upgrading to the latest stable version creates a never ending stream of (hopefully small) work.<\/p>\n
Even if you went without a framework (Rails, Django, etc.), your server is running on a suite of tools. You’ll need to keep your OS (even LTS) and most likely\u00a0nginx up to date.<\/p>\n
Perhaps you want to outsource server maintenance, so you’re using Heroku. You’ll have to keep your configs compliant with the Heroku deployment framework & best practices.<\/p>\n
What I’m getting at is that there are so many incredible tools available to developers today.\u00a0Oftentimes, these tools\u00a0are free and constantly get better & faster over time.<\/p>\n
I’m wondering if there is, or if it would be possible to create developer tools that are optimized for API stability. No more figuring\u00a0how to do things the framework-way every several months. Setup\u00a0once, use forever. When you’re able to minimize\u00a0the present value amount of time spent maintaining a tool, you’re freeing your future self to work on higher value tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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