TL;DR Start by using the technologies you know how to operate. If you're lucky enough to make something useful, the ease of operating the thing should outweigh the ease of building the thing.
- Boring doesn't mean bad. Certainly don't choose boring and bad technology.
Choose boring and good technology.
- The ratio of known unknowns/unknown unknowns is high in boring technology.
- The are many technical solutions to problems. But technology choices have
long-term operational costs. If you're lucky enough to have something that's
going to operate for a long time, the ease of operating the thing should
vastly outweigh how easy it is to build the thing.
- Choose new technology if building something is prohibitively difficult with
the current technology you're operating. But make sure to really think through
why it's difficult to build with your current technology.
