Hacker News·3 min read·medium
Perfection Is Not Over-Engineering
V
var0xyz✦AI Summary
The author argues that 'over-engineering' is often misunderstood as 'caring too much' about quality, when it is actually the result of solving the wrong problem. True perfection is defined as the only solution that fits a specific, well-defined set of constraints.
"We don't want to do perfect." "We don't want to build the perfect solution." I've heard versions of that line more times than I can count, delivered as if "perfect" were a dirty word. And I understand the caution — over-engineering burns teams, and people have learned to treat anything that smells like perfection as the same risk.
technologydesign
✦
Get the full story
Sign up for Headlinne to unlock AI insights, political bias analysis, and your personalized news feed.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in