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Strong Opinions, Strongly Held - and Why I Don't Care About Your Tooling Debate

When everyone fakes an opinion to look engaged, you end up with a five-way debate over something that should’ve been a coin flip. Real opinions get drowned out by performative ones. “I don’t care, just pick one” is permission for the room to move on

There's not always a single correct way to build things. Choose one and go with it. You will likely be able to change it later if the need arises.

Some things deserve your conviction. A lot of things don’t. Knowing the difference is the skill.

That's the key part, there are some thoughts and decisions that are more important. Focus your efforts there.