{"id":27343,"date":"2017-02-12T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T17:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27343"},"modified":"2017-02-12T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T17:39:08","slug":"modern-software-over-engineering-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/12\/modern-software-over-engineering-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Software Over-Engineering Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Modern Software Over-Engineering Mistakes<\/a>” is a nice collection of examples, results and reviews of over-engineering mistakes of the modern day.<\/p>\n

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Few things are guaranteed to increase all the time: Distance between stars, Entropy in the visible universe, and F*cking business requirements<\/strong> .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the list of things discussed in the article with tl;dr (too long; didn’t read) summaries:<\/p>\n

Engineering is more clever than Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aThe House (Business) Always Wins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reusable Business Functionality<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aPrefer Isolating Actions than Combining<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everything is Generic<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aDuplication is better than the wrong abstraction<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shallow Wrappers<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aWrappers are an exception, not the norm. Don\u2019t wrap good libraries for the sake of wrapping<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Applying Quality like a Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aAlways take a step back and look at the macro picture<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Overzealous Adopter Syndrome<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aTL;DRs should not be used everywhere<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<X>\u2013ity <\/strong><\/p>\n

As in configurability, security, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, etc.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aDon\u2019t let <X>-ities go unchallenged. Clearly define and evaluate the Scenario\/Story\/Need\/Usage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In House \u201cInventions\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aReuse. Fork. Contribute. Reconsider.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following the Status Quo<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aRefactoring is part of each and every story. No code is untouchable<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bad Estimation<\/strong><\/p>\n

TL;DR\u200a\u2014\u200aBad Estimation destroys Quality even before a single line of code is written<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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