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Mental models to prevent overengineering
- YAGNI(“You are not going to need it”) tries to prevent you from adding anything that is not strictly necessary to solve the problem you have in front of you because the reality is that most likely, “you won’t need it”.
- KISS (“Keep it simple stupid”), refers to the fact that simple systems are easier to repair, evolve and maintain. Therefore, simplicity should be one of the goals of any design.
- Worse is better: There comes the point when having fewer options is preferable to having more; Simplify the use of our product, making it attractive to a broader segment of the market.
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How to prevent over-engineering?
The best way to prevent over-engineering is to turn your engineers into true product engineers.
- Involve them in the day-to-day business, explaining the why after each initiative, and linking it with the metrics that matter for the organization and its vision. ...
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Overengineering consequences
It increases development costs. If engineers do not choose the simplest solution to address a problem, the costs in time and money increase, preventing us from iterating faster.
It also increases your maintenance costs. Simple code is much easier to progr...
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Overengineering
It refers to the fact of designing a product in a more complex way than necessary:
Overengineering (or over-engineering, or over-kill) is the act of designing a product or providing a solution to a problem in an overly complicated manner, where a simpler solution can be...
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Overengineering causes
- Trying to anticipate the future and be ready for the unknown: It's easy to think that we can make it future-proof by investing a little more time “just in case”.
- A lack of experience. The more senior you are, the less prone you are to overengineer....
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