Can new technologies kill you?

New technologies appear almost every day, but are they always worth exploring? Nowadays, an architect's work requires staying up-to-date with new technologies. However, how to find time to browse hundreds of blogs, newsletters, and presentations? There are ways to do it, and Technology Radar can be one of the most helpful. What is it and how does it work? Read on for more in-depth information in the following article.

New technologies are popping up like mushrooms after rain. Some of them are poisonous mushrooms that can be very indigestible. Detoxification can be long and expensive. You may ask: can this be avoided? Is there a way to evaluate whether a particular technology is worth considering?

On the other hand, the work of an architect requires being up-to-date with new technologies to propose improvements in projects, properly select technologies for existing projects, etc.

Architects and programmers sit up all night reading all the blog posts, watching presentations, and reading Twitter, LinkedIn, and all newsletters. Everything, to know the latest trends and technologies. They work for 15 hours a day and have no other world. There are other ways to stay up-to-date by devoting half an hour daily to it.

Technology Radar

Instead of reading the internet, you can seek opinions from reliable experts and read their documents describing interesting and noteworthy changes in the software development market. This radar showcases new techniques, platforms, tools, programming languages, and frameworks.

Do you know how the radar works? In the case of a technology radar, what is closer to the center is something that you should pay the most attention to, which is why the radar is divided into four rings:

  • Adopt (closest to the center) - something that you should seriously consider, with no doubt that it is tested and mature enough to use.

  • Trail - something that, according to the creators of the radar, is ready to use but has yet to test fully.

  • Access - something that you should take a closer look at and experiment with.

  • Hold (farthest from the center) - something known in the industry but has yet to be recommended by the radar creators. Things in this ring can cause trouble. The creators provide arguments why, but the final decision to use something or not always belongs to you.

Technology radar can look like this:

You can find the Technology Radar, which is probably the most well-known in the industry and which I also recommend, here:**https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar**

Own radar

Creating your radar and tracking technologies that may interest your organization is a good idea for many companies. Fortunately, Thoughtworks, the creators of the radar I showed above, provide a tool for creating your radars. You can find it here: **https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/byor**

Do you use a Technology Radar in your work?

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