I was just thinking about the fact that Skylight is ~5 years old yand almost all we've thought abt from a FE perspective is features.
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We still upgrade Ember every six weeks, and have added significant new UI features and UI refreshes. Tech debt is decent 5 years on.
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(we try to upgrade every six weeks and are only ever behind because we didn't get to it yet, not because of incredible difficulties)
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I'm pretty happy that we've maintained a culture focused on user value rather than adding value by abandoning and rewriting.
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Low. Trying to cram a desktop dashboard into a mobile app is a recipe for a crappy desktop dashboard.
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pretty crazy that the framework you make meets the needs of the application you make.
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A little too glib. I doubt I could have predicted what I needed 5 years ago. Plus I work with other major apps (which avoided rewrites)
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I troll you because I love you. But your experiences with product shape your decisions re priorities & design. This outcome isn't surprising
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It's still a little surprising. How's dust usage at LinkedIn? How many companies built their own fwks because they assume this is true?
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Those transitions are often a function of human dynamics. Sell skylight and check back in 3-5 years.
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Companies rarely reward people who maintain the status quo. There's a built-in bias for churn in employee incentives.
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The lifetime of a technology at a company is most closely correlated with the tenure of its champion.
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This is only true in places with a dysfunctional gap between tech leadership and business leadership. Which I admit is common.
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It’d be interesting to share stratification of tools in companies like this.
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