Over Engineering
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Over Engineering, every show
Shah: Under-engineering is preferable because tech debt interest is quantifiable
“I would rather under-engineer something than over-engineer it if I were gonna err on the side of something. And here's the reason is that when you under-engineer it yes, you take on tech debt but the interest rate is relatively known and payoff is very, very p…”
Fournier: Excluding engineers from product ideation triggers massive over-engineering
“What I see happen in those cases is that I see engineers start to over-engineer things because engineers Are like, well, I need to take control of something, right? Like I want to have some creative outlet. So I'm going to use my engineering skills in my creat…”