Being an ‘early adopter’ has a sense of coolness about it that can be irresistable for a lot of people. But new technology generally comes with a unique set of glitches, bugs and incompatibilities, that in more cases than not, makes early adoption a costly endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the area of software, Dan McKinley<\/a> made a compelling case<\/a> for whenever possible to stick with selecting technology tools that are stable and that have a solid track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McKinley wrote that <\/a>“the nice thing about boringness is that the capabilities of these things are well understood. But more importantly, their failure modes are well understood.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later Brian Leroux<\/a> picked up on the boring theme<\/a> descibed by McKinley and created a checklist for how to choose technologies that are boring but which will likely help you avoid the mind-numbing headaches that occur when working through the issues related to the adoption of new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is Leroux’s checklist for selecting boring technology<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n