Technology · 8 min read
Technology choices you can defend in three years
We pick boring tools on purpose, and we can tell you exactly when we don't.
Priya NathanEngineering Director · 14 December 2025
Takeaways
- Optimise for the team who maintains it in year three.
- Novelty is a cost centre unless it removes a bigger one.
- Write the decision down, including what would change your mind.
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Optimise for hiring
The best stack is the one your future team can staff. Novelty is a cost paid by whoever inherits the repository.
“We pick boring tools on purpose — and we can tell you exactly when we don't.”
02
When to be exotic
When the exotic thing is the product. Otherwise, spend your innovation budget on the interface.
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