Comment by Noaidi
2 days ago
> As builders, we are being out-engineered.
The funny part of engineers is that they always think that, at some point, they will reach perfect engineering.
The best engineering already exists and you do not need to do a thing. Code will not save you from the shtstorm that is coming.
> The funny part of engineers is that they always think that, at some point, they will reach perfect engineering.
This is the opposite of what I’ve observed. Most engineers know that everything is tradeoffs and compromises. They know there will always be a better way.
A lot of engineering management is getting engineering teams to accept good enough rather than endless iterations and refactoring.