Lea Verou on Nostr: Most developers treat the tools and languages they use as fixed and some will go to ...

Most developers treat the tools and languages they use as fixed and some will go to great lengths to defend their design as if their specs were handed down by gods on stone tablets.

I wonder what causes the mindset shift that everything is malleable and ever-evolving: the libraries/frameworks you use, but also the languages & platforms.

It’s not experience; I’ve had this mindset from the start — it’s what got me into standards. I wonder if it correlates with certain personality traits more.