Re:Big data is dead (2023)
by CuriouslyC on Monday May 27, 2024 @08:21AM
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There's writing code to handle every eventuality, and there's considering 3-4 places you MIGHT pivot and making sure you aren't making those pivots harder than they need to be.
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This is exactly what I try to do and what I've seen successful systems do.
Laying out adjacent markets, potential pivots, likely product features, etc. is a weekend-long exercise. That can help define both where the architecture needs to be flexible, and just as importantly, *where it does not*.
Over-engineering happens when you plan / architect for things which are unlikely to happen.