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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"but why can't small companies make good software then?" because the majority of small companies are started by either big tech alumni, or kids who emulate them. they blindly copy both the tech stack (no your website doesn't need React) and the org design because they think it's Best Practices.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I've yelled about Best Practices before and will continue to do so now The thing about a Practice is that it's a tool - it helps you do a thing. It will be better at achieving some goals and worse at achieving others, so you need to pick your goal FIRST and only then pick the Practices to reach it.

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wheelyweb 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺 @wheelyweb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My experience of "Best Practice" is that it is an execution instead of a strategy. It's far more about familiarity with that practice than that practice being provably "best" in any way. I like asking the devs why React, Angular, etc early on. It's ALWAYS familiarity and not a technical reason.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A practice may be Best to reach one goal over another, or in one context over another. What the legion of Thought Thinkers in tech proclaims when they nominate a Best Practice is "these goals are the goals you should have, these contexts are the contexts you should create."

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