This was written over a decade ago. I'd take it in that context. Lots of the tech they're talking about was being cargo culted en-masse.
So yes, pick boring tech, defined as the tech you know the sharp edges of.
So yes, pick boring tech, defined as the tech you know the sharp edges of.
That is, if someone said two sentences, I would only care about the second one:
1. "We should use this because it is boring"
2. "We should use this because we understand the sharp edges"
I wouldn't care at all about (1) and I'd have a real conversation based on (2).
Any productive conversation that starts with (1) immediately has to follow "can you clarify what that means", so the term is useless at best and thought terminating at worst.
TLDR; #1 and #2 are essentially implying the same thing.
why are you even doing in tech? your users should just use boring technology, pen and paper is great and boring, no need for a computer, much less a saas.