What is the technical irrational?

It's when tech decisions defy logic, driven by biases like FOMO or social proof instead of data.

Why do developers make irrational choices?

Fear of missing out, hype from blogs/conferences, and sticking to familiar (bad) tools due to sunk costs.

Run experiments, use metrics over trends, and force team debates on every major stack decision.

Techies worship reason. Yet we chase dumb ideas daily. 'The Technical Irrational' rips the mask off our so-called rationality.

Open Source Beat Apr 14, 2026 4 min read 15 views

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Originally reported by Reddit r/programming