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Purnima Aiyar's avatar

What you have said is absolutely correct. Sometimes it takes a few years to get a fix on the fundamentals. But once there, like you have mentioned, fads don't matter.

Not just amongst the developers you met but in general there is a pervasive attitude of taking these fundamentals casually. Which is sad.

Shane Parish's newsletter yesterday had an interesting thought that read:

"Everyone knows what works. Few do it after it stops being exciting."

Maybe there is some truth to that. But then it's our job to keep repeating these like a broken record :)

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Arvind's avatar

Ha, that’s the precise quote for it. The amount of antics and entertainment needed to do fundamentals is ridiculous.

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Purnima Aiyar's avatar

Haha I hear you!

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