Over-engineering is the curse of the 2020s. Instead of following the good old Silicon Valley mantra of "ship fast and break things," many startups think they need a fully-fledged application from the beginning. That is never the case. Everyone wants to be Google, but no one is. Do they ever stop and...

It's common for engineering managers to want to be fully informed about the tasks that need to be completed for a given epic before jumping right in and implementing it. They often rely on discovery tickets as their go-to tool to achieve this. While these tickets can provide valuable insigh...

When I started coding, I believed I could get to the right code abstraction on my first attempt. I just had to focus on the problem and carefully consider all the variables involved. This was true for simple use cases. However, as my career progressed and I faced new challenges, I realized it becam...