Why do talented engineers with good intentions end up building problematic architectures? In this episode, we explore how smart teams create bad systems through local optimization, unintended consequences, and the gap between component thinking and systems thinking.
What You'll Learn:
- Why smart teams create problematic architectures
- The danger of local optimization without global context
- Unintended consequences of well-intentioned technical decisions
- Systems thinking vs component thinking
- How technical debt accumulates in successful systems
- Patterns that lead good engineers to build bad systems
Key Insight: Good engineers build bad systems when they optimize locally without understanding the global delivery system. The problem isn't skill or intent—it's perspective. Systems thinking requires seeing beyond your component to understand the whole.
Hosted by engineering leaders David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi, co-founders of Kisasa.
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