Reason is the only thing that's important

  • Reasons are always important
    • Git commits (reasons for code changing)
    • Business reasons
    • Infrastructure reasons

-- from 254: Deploying Changelog.com with Gerhard Lazu by The Changelog

  • So many technologies only presented just the how, but not the why
    • So that people are hard to see why they choose this solution over another one
    • "Why this concept makes sense?"

-- from The Changelog #286: JavaScript sprinkles in Basecamp turned Stimulus - News and podcasts for developers - Changelog

This is an important lesson I learned from my several years of product making experiences:

The reason behind a change is more important than this change itself.