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758 points alihm | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.63s | source
1. eleveriven ◴[] No.44471160[source]
I've definitely spent more time designing "the perfect system" than using it. There's a seductive comfort in planning that real execution just doesn't offer because actual work has feedback, friction, failure
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2. ethan_smith ◴[] No.44473656[source]
The "architecture astronaut" syndrome is particularly endemic in software - we design elegant systems in our heads that would take 10x the time to build than a simple solution that actually ships.
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3. eleveriven ◴[] No.44507231[source]
There's something deeply satisfying about mentally constructing the "perfect" architecture