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Could we admit some nuance here? When we want to stigmatize people who plan too heavily for the future, we call it "overengineering." When we want to stigmati
by aetherson 12y ago
Could we admit some nuance here?
When we want to stigmatize people who plan too heavily for the future, we call it "overengineering." When we want to stigmatize people who plan not enough for the future, we do whatever you're doing above. The line between those two failure modes is relatively narrow and not at all obvious. There aren't simple heuristics that will infallibly put us onto the line, and acting like this is all black and white doesn't help anyone.
- dllthomas 12y agoEven "line" is probably an oversimplification. Some projects probably have a large region, some a narrow line, and some might non-obviously have no such path.