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All pretty obvious, but a good read nonetheless. I am far too familiar with the old "lets use the latest and greatest cuz it cool" mentality...*ugh*

To say that advice like, "know what you are building", "use source control", "documentation is good", "communicate" is obvious is an understatement. As far as avoiding cutting edge stuff, I think that's way to big of a generalization. It depends. Personally, I think using outdated, stale technology that is uncool would be a bigger blunder (but only generally speaking).

I totally agree nick,

Using outdated technology can greatly hinder a project and using new stuff can definitely help. What I think they meant was that bringing in new technology DURING a project can make it fail (or cost a lot more than expected).