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A popular trope in science fiction movies set in space is running diagnostics whenever something goes wrong with a ship’s systems. The chief engineer might announce something like, “We’ve run a level 2 diagnostic on the thermal regulators…| Lack of Imagination
Over the past two decades, I’ve worked as a software developer, tech lead, and CTO at various startups, including my own. I’ve accumulated a number of principles I use to make major technical decisions. Most of the principles outlined here were learned the hard way. You might not fully agree with all of the principles, but I hope at least some of them could help those who struggle with tough technical decisions…| Lack of Imagination
If you are a cash-strapped startup, you can usually get away with a team of just one or two developers and hope for the best. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if you have the funds to add new members to your team, don’t just go with more developers. Developers aren’t generally very good at designing products people want to use – they are good at implementing well-specced features…| Lack of Imagination