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rojoroboto

Platform engineering consultant helping engineering teams restore developer velocity. Former CTO and Staff Engineer. Co-host of Book Overflow Podcast.

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Weekly Reflection #1 - Simplicity, Complexity, and Design

Each week, I share one insight. One piece of wisdom. One question to reflect on. (and a little Lagniappe) Insight I’ve never seen a codebase accidentally get simpler. Every “temporary” workaround, every “we’ll refactor later,” every “just one more feature” adds up. Complications tend to creep in. Slowly. Quietly. It starts small, many times unnoticed. It’s not malicious. It’s entropy. Without deliberate effort, all systems drift toward chaos. The teams that stay in flow aren’t the ones who...