Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle

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Compares the Gartner hype cycle stages to real histories like Rails and Ember and claims you can map your role — pioneers settlers town planners — to whether to explore or ignore a new tool. Cites concrete tools (Docker React Webpack Elm Kubernetes Rails Ember Elixir Phoenix) as examples of phases, reports Ember reaching a quiet plateau of productivity, and advises one production stack plus a low-risk side project so experiments don’t wreck shipping.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:47Let's talk about mid-life crises.
3. 3:17The web developer's career is entering an endless mid-life crisis.
4. 3:27A word of comfort
5. 4:28A prediction for those trying to stay up on the latest web technologies
6. 4:45It's impossible to keep up with new tools.
7. 5:11Choice Paralysis
8. 5:37New stuff can't live up to expectations.
9. 6:21The technology you love is now obsolete.
10. 8:351. How it works 2. History of Ruby on Rails 3. How to apply it
11. 8:54A Movement in 5 Medium Thinkpieces
12. 10:17RUBY ON RAILS A HISTORY
13. 16:573 TYPES: Pioneers Settlers Town Planners
14. 21:071. Being required to use outdated tools 2. Team members that try to rewrite your codebase in the latest "hipster stack" 3. Anything that gets in the way of shipping
15. 21:191. Accepting a PR for an OSS library 2. Applying a technology in a way that makes the company money 3. Solving a tricky performance issue
16. 21:291. Showing someone that there's a new, better way of doing things 2. Improving someone's documentation 3. Automating a tedious deploy process
17. 23:15How to win depends on your preferences
18. 27:01Avoid tech that targets the peak
19. 30:01How did Rails & Ember "cross the chasm"?
20. 31:56You can afford to fire your boss.
21. 32:41This guy, amirite?

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