Our Biggest Enemy Isn’t Developers Who Refuse To Move Forward, It is Developers Who Pretend To Move Forward

Software Engineering is such a nascent practice that we have very little that we can point at for facts, and instead spend much of our time listening to circumstantial evidence from developers who have tried and had success with different tools or techniques. And at the same time, since we don’t have an infinite amount of bandwidth to try everything for ourselves, we will often listen to other developers that we trust when they say that something is not good or adds needless complexity.

Now, there are some developers take the time to carefully evaluate and think about all of the tools and practices that come there way, but just like in every industry, there is a vast majority who do not put this kind of thought and work into their endeavors. This is something that is to be expected almost everywhere though, you have a small piece of the overall populace who puts in more work, has more insight, and who shares this knowledge, and they are looked at for leadership and guidance by the majority. You know the kind of people that I am talking about, the Martin Fowlers, Bob Martins, and Kent Becks of the world.

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