Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
by sevensor on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:54PM
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The best way to think a few steps ahead is to make as much of your solution disposable as possible. I optimize for ease of replacement over performance or scalability. This means that my operating assumption is that everything I’m doing is a mistake, so it’s best to work from a position of being able to throw it out and start over. The result is that I spend a lot of time thinking about where the seams are and making them as simple as possible to cut.
Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
by devnullbrain on Saturday August 30, 2025 @06:51PM
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Intel followed this strategy with the mobile market to what is apparently terminal fucking.
Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
by lelanthran on Sunday August 31, 2025 @02:31AM
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> Intel followed this strategy with the mobile market to what is apparently terminal fucking.
And they followed the alternative with Itanium, and look how that turned out.
The problem is knowing when to do it and when not to do it.
If you're even the slightest bit unsure, err on the side of not thinking a few steps ahead because it is highly unlikely that you can see what complexities and hurdles lie in the future.
In short, it's easier to unfuck an under engineered system than an over engineered one.