{"id":27268,"date":"2017-01-26T21:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27268"},"modified":"2017-01-26T21:13:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:13:03","slug":"choosing-the-best-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/26\/choosing-the-best-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the “best software”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Julia Evans<\/a> has a nice blog post about choosing the “best software”<\/a>. \u00a0Here is my favorite part:<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s talk about another way to think about making decisions than \u201cwhat is the Best Thing in this situation\u201d.<\/p>\n

I run an event series called \u201clightning talks and pie\u201d. At the most recent one, Ines Sombra gave a talk about capacity planning. In it, she said that there are 3 reasons you might want to change something about your system:<\/p>\n

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  1. It\u2019s too expensive<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s too difficult to operate (humans spend a ton of time worrying about it)<\/li>\n
  3. It\u2019s not doing the job it\u2019s supposed to<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I find these 3 criteria a lot easier to reason about than the \u201cChoose The Best Thing\u201d framework.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    She provides some examples on how to apply this thinking, as well as how to deal with tradeoffs and limitations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    Julia Evans has a nice blog post about choosing the “best software”. \u00a0Here is my favorite part: So, let\u2019s talk about another way to think about making decisions than \u201cwhat is the Best Thing in this situation\u201d. I run an event series called \u201clightning talks and pie\u201d. At the most recent one, Ines Sombra gave … Continue reading Choosing the “best software”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Choosing the \"best software\" #tech","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,133,62,1334],"tags":[3487],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-sysadmin","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-julia-evans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t