Choose Boring Technology
Always glad to see this making the rounds, as it has been influential for me, especially the perspective of &quot;Happiness comes from shipping stuff&quot;.<p>I often think about this part, in particular:<p>&gt;Then we walked away. We didn’t do anything related to activity feeds for years after that. We barely even thought about it.<p>&gt;Then one day I said, “hey, I wonder how activity feeds is doing.” And I looked at it and was surprised to discover that in the time since we’d launched it, the usage had increased by a factor of 20. And as far as I could tell it was totally fine.<p>&gt;The fact that 2,000% more people could be using activity feeds and we didn’t even have any idea that it was happening is certainly the greatest purely technical achievement of my career.<p>I get a huge kick from making something, and then forgetting about it. For me, implementing something that provides value with near-zero maintenance for years is the ultimate sign that I&#x27;ve done well.