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Re:Scalability Is Overrated by bcrosby95 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:02PM (#34657636)
I call it "keeping an escape hatch".

The potential need to scale and add features will inform my design decisions, but they will not direct them.

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Re:Scalability Is Overrated by pfarrell on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:34PM (#34657976)
"keeping an escape hatch". I like that. A former colleague said something similar that also stuck with me. Good software architecture allows you to delay decisions.
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Re:Scalability Is Overrated by damethos on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:11PM (#34683595)
I use "always keep an out", which is taken from poker terminology, but I like yours as well.
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