๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ⚠️
Sharing this as a personal learning—๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ-๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐, and I’ve gotten this wrong before too.
Not everything is overengineering; what matters is the situation, timing, and actual needs at that moment. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐, ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Early-stage systems ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ.
They fail because of ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐:
• Adding Queues too early
• Splitting into ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ before it’s necessary
• Designing for ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ before the first one
The smarter approach is to ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ:
• ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ — keep it coherent
• ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ
• ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Scale ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด = ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ + ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐.
Senior engineers focus on ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ — scaling comes second.
YAGNI (๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป’๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐)
The most direct match.
๐ Don’t build something until it’s actually necessary.
It ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ against overengineering and premature abstraction.
To-Repeat - ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐, ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.