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		O_H_E on Nov 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full ti... That sounds like a responsible way to divide focus. Kudos I forget the word or the link, but I think there was a "rule of thumb" thing that circulated HN about having a limited budget for taking-risks/being-bleeding-edge, and focus in spending that on differentiating properties of your projects, while the rest should stay "old and boring"

dceddia on Nov 11, 2021 [–]

Thanks, and yes! "Choose Boring Technology", love this: http://boringtechnology.club/

The idea of spending fewer "innovation tokens" was definitely on my mind when I was thinking through this.

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