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I would guess underengineering (quick and dirty solutions) leads to a lot more tech debt in expectation than overengineering.

• gwbas1c 2y ago
  It's neither: Underengineering will lead to unmaintainable spaghetti code. Overengineering will also lead to unmaintainable code, but it's more like lasagna.
  • Glawen 2y ago
    Very nicely put
  • bdangubic 2y ago
    in my experience both are more like nachos :)
  • cubefox 2y ago
    I'd rather live in an overengineered house than in an underengineered one.
    • gwbas1c 2y ago
      I found out my house was "overengineered" when a professional architect pointed out a load carrying beam that was much larger than it needed to be. A few years later I found structural issues in a different part of the house. But, because I spent more money on overengineering one part of the house, there's less money to fix real problems.