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I definitely agree with you in the normal case, but not with PoGo for what it's worth.

Pokemon Go is a bit of a singularity in growth. It's apparent to everyone on the street that (atleast, for the moment) this thing is huge.

When something is so obviously on fire with growth, over engineering might not be so bad. Look at any of the popular PoGo apps.. they have all dealt with big numbers.. the landscape is just a bit insane right now for that game.

I like making side projects, and i definitely agree with you not to over engineer.. but i feel like this is one case where it may not be the end of the world. With PoGo, if you don't balance the two (over engineering vs mvp) you'll likely end up sad, either way.