Choosing the Right Tools for the Right Problems
Software solves problems. Without these problems, software is purely an end in itself. Ultimately, this applies to every technical solution. Do we really need this? Or is it just a gimmick? Because it works? Because it is fun?
Programming languages, frameworks, architectures, infrastructures. A huge number of possibilities that are almost impossible to understand. And it is highly likely that there will not be one combination that fits everything. Even if you can solve a problem in a thousand ways. Without a customized solution, there will always be huge compromises.
Hardly anyone today would come up with the idea of writing an online shop in C. Go has no place in a kernel. A game engine to write an accounting program? Or how about a Ruby application to control your car? These comparisons can be continued to all components of a finished solution. And it is not limited to software development either. Or have you ever seen a farmer cultivating his field with his family car?
The real problem may not be known at the beginning. Start tackling the obvious issues. Question old routines because they give the wrong picture. Rely on the right tools for the tasks at hand.