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This is a big problem in the tech industry, in general. Some weeks back I read a comment that described some behavior as "high intelligence, low wisdom". I believe that fits pretty well here.

People design new frameworks (presumably) because they see an array of problems with existing frameworks. In designing their new framework, they try to address the shortcomings that the existing frameworks have.

What they don't realize is that the problems in existing frameworks were _known tradeoffs_. Now, instead of the One True Perfect Framework, we have yet another framework with its own set of problems.

People think that every problem is solvable simultaneously, but that's simply not true. You can make tradeoffs. And this isn't just true in engineering, it's true in life generally.

Some tradeoffs make sense nearly always. Others only make sense in certain contexts.

An example here is the tradeoff between simplicity and high availability. It doesn't matter what you do -- the simplest high availability configuration for an app will ALWAYS be more complex than the simplest non-HA configuration. You're making a trade here. It's a trade that is absolutely sensible, but it's a trade nonetheless.

The lesson to be learned here is: stop thinking you can solve every problem at once. You can't.



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