3 ms·Also, once you have a lot of developers, the urge to over-engineer grows exponentiallyby hardwaresofton 8y agoAlso, once you have a lot of developers, the urge to over-engineer grows exponentiallymychael 8y agoTruer words have never been spoken on Hacker News.osrec 8y agoThis is often driven by the developers who don't want to appear to be redundant (and who can blame them - everyone wants to hold on to their job!)