Perfection is not over-engineering

// 13h agoNEWS

Perfection is not over-engineering

The article argues that perfection and over-engineering are falsely equated in software engineering, defining over-engineering as solving the wrong problems rather than caring too much about code quality. By establishing tight requirements, a single optimal solution naturally emerges as the only viable option.

// ANALYSIS

Over-engineering is not a failure of writing code that is too good, but rather a product management failure of solving imaginary scaling or organizational requirements that the team does not actually have.

–Tight constraints narrow the possible solution space until a single, optimal, and perfect solution becomes clear.
–Systems, libraries, and internal APIs should be treated as products with actual user requirements to avoid misaligned architectures.
–Complex architectural splits, such as three-person teams managing multiple microservices, often trade database-enforced data integrity for unnecessary deployment independence.

// TAGS

software-engineeringsoftware-architecturesystem-designproduct-managementmicroservices

DISCOVERED

13h ago

2026-07-20

PUBLISHED

16h ago

2026-07-20

RELEVANCE

7/ 10

AUTHOR

var0xyz

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