๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ⚠️

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ⚠️


Sharing this as a personal learning—๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…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. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Early-stage systems ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ.
They fail because of ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€:

• Adding Queues too early
• Splitting into ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ before it’s necessary
• Designing for ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ before the first one

The smarter approach is to ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ:

• ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ — keep it coherent
• ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ
• ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

Scale ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด = ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ + ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

Senior engineers focus on ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ — scaling comes second.

YAGNI (๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜)
The most direct match.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Don’t build something until it’s actually necessary.
It ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ against overengineering and premature abstraction.

To-Repeat - ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.
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