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We should choose our technology stack like a hermit crab chooses it's shell. The shell shouldn't be too heavy to move around in but with a little room to expand in.

When it's time, we work to find a new shell.



This is a delightful (and wise, IMO) way to think about right-sizing dependencies.


I love it.




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