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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by melenaboija on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:54PM (#45069869)
Yes, and when it’s time to implement something by default, you always choose "your optimal". If you have two options that solve the problem equally well, you always choose the simplest, among other things because it’s shorter.

What you really learn over time and it’s more useful, is to think along these lines: don’t try to solve problems that don’t exist yet.

This is a mantraic, cool headline but useless. The article doesn't develop it properly either in my opinion.

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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by internetter on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:54PM (#45077914)
> is to think along these lines: don’t try to solve problems that don’t exist yet.

It is best to prepare for problems which don't exist yet. You don't need to solve them, but design with the expectation they may arise. Failure to do so leads to tech debt.

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